#9 - Montessori Schools: They're Not Just for Rich White Kids Anymore by Have You Heard published on 2017-01-17T14:30:17Z When Maria Montessori developed a new teaching method for society’s “lost” children in the early 1900s, she had no idea it would become one of the go-to ways rich white parents educate their toddlers. But now, public urban Montessori schools are catching on in a big way and challenging some deeply held beliefs about how urban kids should be educated. Genre News & Politics