- Montessori is just for special learners - the gifted or the learning disabled.
The methods used in Montessori schools are highly effective with both learning-disabled and gifted learners; the reason for their
effectivness, however, is that the learning environments have been designed to ensure success for all children.
- Montessori is only for the rich.
This misconception is due to the fact that the American Montessori movement began in the 1950s was primarily a private pre-school
movement, supported by tuition. Now, however, Montessori education is available at approximately 200 public schools in the US in addition to about 3,000 private schools.
- Montessori schools are religious.
Many private Montessori schools do have a religious orientation because it is such a common practice in America for private schools to have religious support. But Montessori itself is not a
religiously orientated, and DeKalb Montessori follows this doctrine.
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