Our Philosophy
A philosophy of education in service of lives fully lived.
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Our Story
Montessorium's origin story, from a creator of Montessori apps to a Montessori think tank.
Our Lanterns
Education is done with a view to the good life. Drawing from Montessori, we offer five lanterns, five constant and guiding values, for understanding what constitutes a good human life: knowledge, work, agency, and trade, all adding up to a life fully lived.
Culture of Work, Culture of Knowledge
Knowledge and work—thought and action—are the two fundamental manifestations of human agency. An education that supports agency does so by embodying a culture of knowledge and a culture of work.
Knowing Stuff
We live in a world that is generally skeptical of the value of conscious knowledge in education. Arguments in favor of prioritizing skill-building—skills such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving—over building a bank of concrete knowledge are commonplace among educators and theorists.
Building a specific, internalized knowledge base has immense value, and is a necessary pre-requisite for developing thinking skills.