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phil
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Welcome @matt! Matt Bateman is a philosopher & historian of education. He’s a cofounder of Guidepost Montessori, the world’s largest Montessori school network. He has agreed to do an AMA for the /books channel. Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag him so he can easily find them)
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miguelito
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Hi @matt Former Montessori student and parent of two kids in Montessori now (P3 and 4th grade) When and how should parents think about transitioning their students to “traditional” schools? What should we be considering as our kids grow beyond their Montessori school?
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Matt Bateman
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It depends on how good the Montessori school is. There are probably several hundred Montessori elementary programs, several dozen Montessori middle school programs, and like single digit Montessori high schools that I would by default happy to send my children to. I would pull if/when it feels like there isn’t a real culture of work and knowledge, where there aren’t strong and actualized norms about being purposeful and rigorous study. Keep in mind that traditional school isn’t probably really going to give you either of those things, but their ersatz versions, so there’s often some creativity and activity needed to compensate with whatever you end up choosing.
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