01 Sep 2011, Posted by Daniel in General, .
One of my inspirations is Billy Shore, the founder of Share our Strength, who has a great new book The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men. I read a lot of books at the same time. In truth, I have only read the first third of this book, stuff like work and family get in the way of finishing books.
Here is a nice article that excerpts the book:
“Whether in art, science, technology, or social activism, when there is failure, we often perceive it as a failure of talent, strategy, planning, financial resources, or even execution. But those are not really the reasons most efforts fail. Most failures are failures of imagination.”
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31 Aug 2011, Posted by Daniel in General, .
My good friend Laura Flores Shaw has started an important new organization called the Collaborative Montessori Initiative (CMI) to “develop a unified advocacy voice that will make Montessori central to the national education discussion.”
On the CMI blog, Laura recently discussed the vital question , Why Hasn’t the Montessori Movement Made More Progress in the U.S.?
I will be writing more about this in the future, but to add to this important discussion I begin with the sound advice of Woody Allen, “80% of life is showing up.”
As my previous blog post regarding Duke Professor Cathy Davidson demonstrates, the internet has given us an incredibly powerful tool to advance the cause of Montessori. All you need to do is use it. In other words, heed Woody Allen’s advice and show up electronically in the discussion when people are talking about education.
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28 Aug 2011, Posted by Daniel in General, .
Like most people who love to learn, I read a lot. The list of books I want to read grows by a dozen titles a week easily. There will be lots of discussions on this blog of books I have read, books I want to read and books that I wish I did not waste time on (the final category will be pretty sparse) and their connection to Montessori. Here we go:
A new book that came out a few weeks ago that is getting a lot of buzz and press called Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. The author , Cathy Davidson, is a professor at Duke and I recently commented on this blog post where she tweeted some ideas for education reform, ideas that Montessori has effectively done for decades.
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25 Aug 2011, Posted by Daniel in Header, .
I am really excited for the launch of this website and blog. Six years ago, I knew nothing about Montessori, but my family was fortunate to have it fall into our lap (the full story will appear in a future blog post). As I watched my daughters grow and thrive at their local Jewish Montessori school here in New Jersey, I began to read and learn more about the history and development of the Montessori method.
As my article and video attest, I believe that the Montessori method is an extraordinary approach to teaching and learning for all kinds of children. Education has been a lifelong fascination for me and I hope through this website and blog to illuminate the Montessori method in ways that are easy and entertaining for parents and inspires them to check out Montessori for their families.
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