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...Martin Luther King, Jr. School on Putnam Avenue covers Mather House and much of Dunster House; the Cambridge Montessori School and the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School covers the Quad Houses; and the Radcliffe Child Care Center directly below the DeWolfe apartments covers Adams House, Leverett House, Quincy House, Lowell House, and part of Winthrop House, leaving only Kirkland House and Eliot House free from the statute...
...baffled sometimes by other little kids being mean, because he is used to everyone being nice,” says Howell.One way to make up for this is to enroll children in programs with their peers early on.“Our daughter attends a Montessori school and if we were in an ordinary situation, we might have enrolled her later,” says Piper. “With this situation, it was really valuable to let her identify with her peer group though.”But Jasienski, a product of a dorm upbringing, says he still identifies...
...Cambridge Public School Committee could not reach a decision about implementing a Montessori program at the Tobin School at a meeting last night, questioning the results of a survey suggesting that Cambridge parents would enroll their children in such a program. The survey, conducted by RKM Research and Communications, consisted of phone interviews with 404 Cambridge parents whose children are already in kindergarten at a Cambridge public school or are applying for enrollment. According to the study, 59 percent of parents would enroll their children in a Montessori program if the district implemented one. The proposal to create a Montessori...
...Montessori-style freedom works. For the past nine years, Whole Foods has been voted one of Forbes' top 100 companies to work for, this year placing 15th. And with its co-presidents, there's even a team at the top. Both men have natural-food backgrounds and have clocked about 15 years with the company. They consider their co-leadership?and mutual respect?an example to their 40,000 teammates. "He's a Buddha. He's incredibly wise and a brilliant retailer," the California-based Robb says about Gallo. "Walter's much more of a risk taker and always...
...sneakers (and white lab coats for special occasions). They are at once playful--they used to take part in the regular roller-hockey games in the Google parking lot--and solemnly idealistic, as when discussing Google's new $1 billion philanthropic arm. Brin and Page are products of Montessori schools and credit the system with developing their individuality and entrepreneurship. They're often accused of being arrogant, but to the extent that they are, it may not be egotism as much as an insistence on doing things their way. (The pair sometimes celebrates big Google milestones by going...