"the inside sort of things"

Writer Rick Ackerly tells Maggie's story.
"Maggie awoke one morning at the age of eighteen with the profound fear that after 13 years of school, 'I knew very little about myself and what I wanted in my life.'”

EFs

Executive functions.

What are they? (hint: think self-management, self-control, self-direction)

Why are they important? (hint: success in school and in life)

How can we help children develop them? (hint: Montessori education is the most comprehensive school curriculum to do this.)

Read this article (be sure to scroll down the page for the article) in Science magazine for the full story.

or this article in the Weekly Post for my take on it.

The Montessori Ethos

"What were your most important leadership lessons?" the NY Times asked internet entrepeneur Jeremy Allaire. "Being educated in a Montessori setting," he said.