Montessori
Americannoun
noun
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On Wednesday, CNN shared body camera footage from the shooting of Marimar Martinez, a Montessori school teacher in Chicago with no criminal record.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
She was already teaching Montessori and didn’t need the degree or extra loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
At 27, Lauren O’Connor was living paycheck to paycheck as a Montessori teacher, making $29 an hour with no benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first classroom in 1907 in the working-class neighborhoods of Rome, introducing an educational approach built around children's natural motivation to learn.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
In sixth grade, Sasha started attending a tiny K-to-eight Montessori school with about twenty-five kids in each grade.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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