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Please cite a source for "Montessori...outcomes are effectively the same as public schools". Here's a study that found the opposite: http://www.scientificameri

• Retric 12y ago
  At the study level sure, you can support any argument, a meta analysis like: http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp114197.pdf http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp114197.pdf Generally shows little to no benefit and often points out flaws in individual studies. Indeed, in our data, previous authors’ specifications rarely explain a substantial portion of the selection into the relevant privateschool sector, raising the possibility that the weak-instrument critique may hold for this literature. This point is corroborated in work by Ludwig (1997), who also finds compelling evidence that prior authors’ instruments are weak.
  • brlewis 12y ago
    I expanded my quote "outcomes are effectively the same as public schools" to include more context: "Montessori...outcomes are effectively the same as public schools" The meta analysis you cite makes no mention of Montessori. It's talking exclusively of public vs. private. There are public Montessori schools, and (obviously) non-Montessori private schools.
• Aloisius 12y ago
  Comparison of Academic Achievement Between Montessori and Traditional Education Programs (Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v20 n1 p5 Fall 2005) - http://www.pearweb.org/teaching/pdfs/Schools/Cambridge%20Montessori%20Elementary-Middle%20School/Articles/Montessori%20article.PDF http://www.pearweb.org/teaching/pdfs/Schools/Cambridge%20Mon...