Montessori schools, when fully implemented, promote hands-on, self-paced, collaborative learning with authentic problem solving that responds to the needs of their physical environment or of their community. Students in Montessori are encouraged to follow their interests, engage in deep intellectual inquiry, and expand self-assessment toward self- perfection within or beyond the national academic standards. The student develops a strong sense of self and has agency of their own voice. Students earn expanding freedom of choice with increasing responsibility in an intentionally sized community of diverse learners and international cultures. Montessori promotes leadership, empathy, responsibility, self-discipline, independence, adaptability, resilience and a curiosity for lifelong learning.
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Montessori and Entrepreneurship
