About Montessori
The real preparation for education is the study of one’s self. The training of the teacher… is something far more than the learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is preparation of the spirit.
—Maria Montessori
Maya Angelou Writer & world-renowned humanitarian
Dee Joy Coulter, EdD Neuroscience educator
Daniel Pink Author of Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
Alice Waters Chef, author, & proprietor of Chez Panisse
Will Wright Creator of computer simulation games—SimCity, The Sims, & Spore
Joshua Bell, Musician 
Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com 
David Blaine, Magician 
T. Berry Brazelton, Author 
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google Founders
Julia Child, Celebrity Chef and Author 
Anne Frank, Author 
Katharine Graham, Former Washington Post Owner and Editor 
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize Winner 
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Former First Lady and Editor 
Prince William and Prince Harry 
Yo Yo Ma, cellist
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
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More than 4,000 Montessori schools dot the American landscape, offering a unique educational model to families nationwide. Thousands more bring the Montessori method to every corner of the world, a method that is over 100 years old.
Montessori schools can be found in rural, urban, and suburban settings; in working-class towns, affluent communities, and even remote villages. Some schools offer all levels of learning, from infant/toddler through the secondary (high school) level. Others offer only certain levels.
In the United States, most Montessori schools are privately owned. A growing number, however, are part of public school systems, making it possible for families of any means to give their child a Montessori education.