Ask HN: Anyone go through Montessori education until age 12 (end of gr 6)?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone go through Montessori education until age ... by hosh on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:56PM (#33632834)

There’s a lot that could be say about it, but I think John Taylor Gatto said much of it. The current system does not really do the literacy thing well either.

There are also some exciting things happening in the unschooled and regenerative education space. The main thing though, is kids who develop into adults with intrinsic motivation and capable of determining the wise choices for themselves, their children, and community.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone go through Montessori education until age ... by PebblesRox on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:14PM (#33634065)

I came across this quote recently by John Holt (unschooling movement):

"We can best help children learn, not by deciding what we think they should learn and thinking of ingenious ways to teach it to them, but by making the world, as far as we can, accessible to them, paying serious attention to what they do, answering their questions -- if they have any -- and helping them explore the things they are most interested in."

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