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Montessori Method, The education system of Google founders

en.wikipedia.org — The Montessori method is an educational method for children, based on theories of child development originated by Italian educator Maria Montessori in the late 19th and early 20th century. Both Sergey Brin and Larry Page were successful products of this system.

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  • Csma, on 12/05/2007, -7/+26Montessori is a great method of schooling, this is the type of school I attended as a child. In fact the majority of my classmates that went to my Montessori (greater than 50%) are all about to graduate college within the next year.
    • Rotzooi, on 12/05/2007, -3/+8thanks for letting us know!
    • scott2007, on 12/05/2007, -2/+6Are you a self-made multi-billionaire?
    • flamingmb, on 12/05/2007, -2/+27Thanks for letting me know that more than 50% was a majority!
      • tHePeOPle, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1Obviously you didn't attend a Montessori school.
    • dkm201, on 12/05/2007, -0/+21I wonder if that has to do anything with the fact that all (100%) of kids that go to Montessori are from upper-middle class, education-minded families.
      • thermus, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6What a strange correlation!
      • PedleZelnip, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4As a husband of a Montessori instructor at a local preschool I have to say that's not always true. The school my wife works at takes on a very large number of underprivlidged and/or special needs children which are a long ways from being upper-middle class.
    • blapierre, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7Dropping out of Harvard, The education system of the world's (now) 2nd wealthiest man.
      • CedEx, on 12/05/2007, -0/+0Richard Branson was a high school dropout.
    • senatorpjt, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5I went to a regular public high school, in a good district, and 95% of the students went to college.
    • jacquesm, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3montessori was a great improvement over the school systems of the time when it was first introduced, but it is not for everybody. Sure, each school system will be able to point at its successes but you should always balance that with the failures, and the fact that two kid billionaires used a certain system is no guarantee that if you send your kid there that they will become billionaires. In fact you can wonder if that is something to strive for, happiness would be a better indicator. For the record, I did go to both 'classical' and 'montessori' schools and out of the 7 or so (long story) schools that I visited I think only a single one was of acceptable quality (ASVO in Amsterdam, they exist today). All the rest of them were for the most part populated by teachers that couldn't care less.
    • Talena, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2The montessori school I was on for 7 years sucked, I had major lack of knowledge compared to kids from other school systems,
      it's not so much the school type that matters, but the school it self
  • KewlerKid3, on 12/05/2007, -12/+20I'm all for different systems of educations, but I honestly feel nothing beats a nun with a yard-stick ruler who disciplines students at will.
    • AlmostEvil, on 12/05/2007, -6/+20Yep, nothing quite like teaching kids to become future masochists wih nun fetishes.
    • databoy, on 12/05/2007, -1/+3That is what happens when you take sex out of the equation. Priests like little boys and nuns like little girls. Nuns get a high on belting young kids.

      You have heard the joke: Mother Superior telling her nuns. Girls you know the rules; lights out by 11, candles out by 12.
      • senatorpjt, on 12/05/2007, -1/+6You obviously never went to Catholic school. Nuns don't like ANYONE.
    • GiggleStick, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1"nothing beats a nun with a yard-stick ruler"

      How can you, she's got a yard-stick!
  • h4mx0r, on 12/05/2007, -9/+4I believe I went to a Montessori type of preschool. I just remember the title of the place, but... its foggy now...
    • BenderFlexo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Must have been all the smoke!
      I went to Montessori school and all I remember is a bunch of hippies and fingerpainting
  • UCFMark, on 12/05/2007, -2/+33I went to a Montessori school for elementary school and it worked out great for me. On the other hand, though, other students (including my brother) didn't do so well with it. In practice, students learned at their own pace, and those who exhibited a strong desire to learn (such as myself and Brin and Page I assume) flourished. On the other hand, those who couldn't care less about school languished.

    Still, I strongly endorse the Montessori Method and believe that it is far superior to conventional methods currently employed in public schools, which tend to emphasize teaching to the lowest common denominator.
    • rhinopig, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7Yes, but those who couldn't care less about school probably won't do great in a traditional school either. I mean they will do better, but only because they are forced to (and many people who would otherwise enjoy school will resent the force and come to dislike school). The Montessori system gives kids a chance to learn to enjoy learning.
    • Urusai, on 12/05/2007, -6/+1It's called "breeding future Republicans".
    • StupidLiberal, on 12/05/2007, -2/+2So you couldn't get into Florida? That doesn't inspire me to send my kids to a Montessori school
  • bscene, on 12/05/2007, -10/+31both of my daughters went to a Montessori preschool and it was great... as a preschool.

    the fact that Larry Page and Sergey Brin went on to found Google has nothing to do with their Montessori schooling
    • scott2007, on 12/05/2007, -3/+3No kidding. This is just Montessori spam.
    • hixsonj, on 12/05/2007, -1/+3I think Kevin Rose went to a Montessori type school as well. They must be doing something right...
    • TwiceHephaestus, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4The fact that the Google founders went there may not be the only thing that lead to their success, but that doesn't mean it had *nothing* to do with it. These schools encourage creativity, self-learning, etc. If those two had gone to a school with ***** teachers and a dated and useless education system, I get the feeling that Google sure wouldn't be what it is today.
  • kowalzki, on 12/05/2007, -8/+43Hey, google owners ate pizza! ***** me if I don't get as successful as them considering the amounts of pizza I eat everyday.
    • scott2007, on 12/05/2007, -4/+1Uh, what do you look like?
    • kwazyhulk, on 12/05/2007, -1/+11You obviously didn't eat the same pizza. Sergey and Larry ate pizza made with the Montichelli method where you have to gently massage the nipples of a goat to secure the richest milk to produce the finest cheese...
      • DrMonkeyLove, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4My pizza is made with the Pizza Hut method, where you just take a ***** ton of cheese and throw it on dough. There might be sauce too. It's hard to tell under the pound of cheese.
      • demiurgency, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1Dugg for goat nipples.
  • bariswheel, on 12/05/2007, -9/+3Montessori system ftw.
  • Richandler, on 12/05/2007, -12/+3I went to a montessori school; however, the teachers their said I was one of the brightest kids they had seen. So I don't know how much the system really affects a kid as much as they just happen to be better. I tend to be good at everything I do for some reason. It puzzles me beyond any explaination other than genetics. Though I am working on a theory of the evolution of thought and how there are major differences in thought today that, for political correctness reasons, are ignored.
    • mal1964, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5My teachers told me I was the most average kid they had seen
      • theOster, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2My teachers told me to go home.

        oh, also - "the teachers their said I was on of the brightest kids they had seen" :)
    • alphaterminus, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1I went to public school. My Second grade teacher told my parents I was the brightest she had ever seen. However, in about 4th grade I started getting the ***** beat out of me daily and didn't do a bit of homework until my senior year in high school. I only passed because I scored high on the end of the year aptitude tests. I made it into a not-very competitive college solely on the basis of my SATs, then finally studied and went into medical school. I don't regret not doing homework from 4th grade to 11th grade, because it was pointless and that was my "cornchip/progressive/punk rock" era in the 80s and among the best times in my life.
    • mal1964, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1" for some reason " Brilliant!
    • bbjohnnyt, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Bright people don't hang out on digg. Welcome fellow loser. :-)
  • Jazzillion, on 12/05/2007, -6/+18I also attended Montessori and my mother was the principal of a Montessori school for over 10 years.

    Objectively, looking back on it, it was so influential and stimulating in comparison to other classroom models. I remember learning word parts, sentence structuring, and could identify adverbs in 1st grade, all without the use of a book mind you. By second grade I could read at a 4th grade level, do division, and I wasn't a genius, just a student. There was no desks, just random chairs and tables. No strict rules and confinement, just independence and the will to learn. I practiced technical skills of weaving, building, pouring, and the like.

    In 4th grade I transfered to public school, because I outgrew the Montessori program that was offered. Conforming to the repetitious cycle of doing busy work, filling in workbooks, and watching a teacher scribble on a board while rambling was so painful. I had to sit in a chair constantly and ask to use the bathroom. Slowly but surely, I was told what to think, and given a template to fill in colors without going out of the lines, rarely allowed to paint my own picture.

    To this day, I look back on those formative years and know that they made all the difference. Children aren't meant to be restricted and controlled.
    • scott2007, on 12/05/2007, -4/+1No desks? You guys are really onto something! That's truly innovative.

      [this message is sarcastic]
    • shirosamurai, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1Weaving and pouring, you say? Sign me up!
    • captbbq, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3You were told what to think? Say, it sounds like those public schools were more adequately preparing you for society my friend!
      • tahcoboy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Without a doubt i was one of those self motivated kids growing up, which was what had landed me in Montessori, biggest mistake ever. More than anything the teachers dubbed me as a trouble maker and had me tested for ADD several times, to of which i did not have, and restricted me from doing any real learning.
    • BenderFlexo, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1"There was no desks,"
      And no grammar instruction either apparently
      • aikimoe, on 12/05/2007, -0/+0Four years of Montessori, eight years of public school.
      • Xinex, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1Actually this is kind of interesting. People tend to say "there's some desks" instead of the proper "there are some desks" to avoid the uncomfortable "there're" in everyday speech.
    • ness0013, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3My story is almost identical. I was learning a level of material that was one or two grades above mine during my time at the Montessori program.

      At the third grade i transfered to an ordinary private school. As to be expected, my grades suffered as did my willingness to learn.
  • nxxm, on 12/05/2007, -2/+7where is the reference / evidence that google founders were montessori educated... i only see a link to general montessori stuff on wikipedia...

    this is lame / fake until proven a fact.
  • Spankov, on 12/05/2007, -4/+1So the privileged few have it better that the rest of us poor schmoes and are likely to have an advantage in life.
    Great, well done for having parents with money. Great achievement on your part...
    • Jazzillion, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1Eh, you're just jaded because you spent your carefree days being told what to do. My mother initially worked as a teacher at a Montessori school so she didn't have to pay my tuition, making very little money.
    • alphaterminus, on 12/05/2007, -2/+1If the racist liberals would let parents opt out of the public school system and use vouchers for private schools, things would improve.

      However, as a parent of a Montessori student, I am REQUIRED to volunteer a significant amount of time. If unengaged parents that send their kids to ***** public schools send them to a Montessori school and remain unengaged, the result will be little or no better.
  • mizmerize, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin

    just look for the early life segment
  • toniax, on 12/05/2007, -1/+0If there is any french people from rhones alpes
    there is a event in Lyon with the president of the association Montessory which is André Roberfroid
    facebook event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9273165660
    website with form to get infos : http://www.clubrenaissance.fr
  • PrettyAngels, on 12/05/2007, -2/+0I like the education , continual the lifetime
  • tyeland, on 12/05/2007, -4/+0yes
  • mal1964, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1good story on it (video) from my local news
    http://wm.kare.gannett.edgestreams.net/news/news/1 ...
  • kwazyhulk, on 12/05/2007, -0/+13The Montessori method is amazing IF you have self-directed children. If your kids have trouble motivating themselves, they may flounder. One of the problems I've seen when they implement this system in older kids (grades 1 through 6) is that some kids have a difficult time without more regimented teacher direction. It's definitely not for everyone. Just an observation from a parent with three kids in the Montessori system.
    • senatorpjt, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Yeah, that's me. If it weren't for the need to buy food and pay rent, I'd never get off the couch. Then again, I wasn't always this way, and I think it's part of the biological nature of children to be curious. I think the lack of motivation probably comes more from traditional schooling itself. So, it might not make sense to use this system starting late in schooling.
    • allbubba, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3I actually had this specific issue at a Montessori school. In 1st-3rd grade I excelled and was at the top of the class. When other kids were stuck I would help them out. In 4th grade they introduced "creating your own lesson plan". Basically it involved looking at all the activities on the board and creating a weekly plan to accomplish them. As a 9-year old I found self-organization to be very hard. Every week I would not finish all the activities and some would carry over to the next week. That created a snowball effect that stressed me out and made the school that I once loved a place I no longer wanted to be.

      In 5th grade I started in a Catholic School, which was miles apart from my Montessori education. I never got completely adjusted and was often reprimanded for not completing homework. Looking back, I'm very thankful for the Montessori education. I only wish that there had been a little more help and guidance when I reached the 4th grade level. No system is perfect for everybody, but I think it is an area that calls for more research. The current education system falls far short of preparing our kids for college and life in general.
  • ssmith2k3, on 12/05/2007, -2/+4PHD...the education system of Google founders
  • philipkaplan, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8I went to Montessori school.
    However, in 4th grade when I went to public school, I had trouble adjusting to the more restrictive format.

    The result?

    Math: A
    History: A
    PE: A
    Language Arts: A
    Behaviour: Severe deficiencies. Parent teacher conference mandatory.

    ***** YOU MRS. PRADO!
    • tahcoboy, on 12/05/2007, -3/+2YEAH! and all the horrible Montessori teachers!
  • Annon201, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2A public school who had been running a Montessori pre-school for a few years decided to, with the help of some parents, setup higher level classes.
    I was one of four 'guinea pigs' when I was in year 2 for those classes, for the first term it was only us four and nobody really understood what was happening, but the second term was a fair bit better with a few more students. It really showed its true colours in years 3 & 4 once they had everything running smoothly. Unfortunately that didn't continue from year 5 onwards, but I ended up taking an extra curricula accelerated maths course for a few years, and some how got in on an adult entrance exam into TAFE (A public vocational college) in year 6 with the pursuit of learning programming - I never got a certificate there, I was only going for very specific modules and had to stop come senior high school.

    I would say Montessori helped play a big part in who I am today. My best mate is one of the other 3 in the group that started, his mum played a big role in Montessori in South Australia, and she continues to do so although she is mostly retired now.
  • alphaterminus, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2My daughter started second grade at a Montessori school this year. At public school in Kindergarten and First grade we felt that she was getting the "No Child Left Behind" teaching and daily she complained about repetition of things she learned at home two years ago etc.
    In most things, like reading and science, she's doing great with. They bring in high school level books for her to read and let her do science reports on things like plate techtonics, etc. I laughed when she did a report on Hippies a couple weeks ago... apparently she saw something about it on the history channel then delved into the internet. He summary was "Hippies liked peace and drugs, but it wasn't that simple."
    She has taken a step back in math. Apparently she doesn't like it so for the first 2 months she just didn't do it. Her teacher eventually told us about his and she is at least going through the motions, but still would rather do reports on hippies.
    • philipkaplan, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1This can be the nature of the beast with Montessori. If your daughter isn't destined for math, you definitely should not force her.

      What's more, your and her teacher's task, as a coach, is to find a way to make the math engaging so she finds some kind of inspiration out of it. Maybe it would be worthwhile to find every day real world problems for her to work with. Have her help you with cooking. Get her to understand fractions. Etc.
  • databoy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Kids should have the best education that parents can afford. You will never know when the education and knowledge gained at school will save your life or pull you out of poverty or a slum.
  • anTii, on 12/05/2007, -1/+5All I learned in montessori is how to make ants on a log
    • crapmatic, on 12/05/2007, -1/+3Then Montessori has taught you well. Fifty years from now, society may struggle to find that person who has expertise on ants on a log.
  • senatorpjt, on 12/05/2007, -1/+2I don't know anything about Montessori, other than that we have a Montessori school where I live. The only reason I know is because it's always the first school to shut down when it snows. It's often the ONLY school that shuts down. I always wished I went there, but only because of that.
  • GreenGuy78, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1I endorse the Montessori method and spent my early learning years enrolled. Though, as stated earlier, it does not work for every child in every situation. Learning will always need to be tailored to the individual, especially in the developmental years.
  • multitude, on 12/05/2007, -5/+2"Both Sergey Brin and Larry Page were successful products of this system."

    That depends on how you measure success. If you say that it can be measured by net worth, sure. If you take into consideration ethical factors, like having respect for the privacy of individuals, or the desire to create tools that are open, rather than proprietary and intended solely for profit, I would disagree that the Monessori method was a success in the case of Page and Brin. They were inventive, but I don't see any indication of a true desire to think ethically about what they're doing.

    -1 for Montessori
  • alpine75, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Dumb question. Why is a wiki entry a digg submission?
  • blatch, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Montessori school is a fantastic place for a child motivated to learn. If a child doesn't possess this desire, he or she will fail at it. That's how it works. However, it makes for one harsh transition to middle school.
  • amoro99, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2The best thing a child learns at Montessori is that personal experience == hard evidence.
  • salugi, on 12/05/2007, -3/+3Montessori is like a car, it looks great, all sparkly and stuff

    But it runs like *****.

    I just graduated from a Montessori High school, and it ain't as good as it sounds. Not one bit.
  • rhett, on 12/05/2007, -1/+2Also, Will Wright, creator of the Sim games, went to a Montessori elementary school. Unlike eating pizza, he actually often brings up the influence his early Montessori education had on his later life. I think people also recognized that both google founders went to Montessori school, and considering the small number of kids who attend Montessori school, it starts to look like a trend.

    My kid goes to Montessori school, and I think it works out very well for him, but it isn't for everyone. The biggest problem with choosing a Montessori school, as others have mentioned, is that there is no certification process neeeded to call youself "Montessori". There are many "Montessori" schools where no one is trained in Montessori teaching methods. So, make sure that you really investigate what makes a school "Montessori" before you enroll.
  • diecastbeatdown, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3They should write about these guys in M: The Magazine for Montessori Families.

    I myself was a product of the Montessori system and both of my daughters attend there now. I'll agree with many of the others who attended a Montessori in that you must be motivated and have a desire to learn. This I believe is a taught process. When your child asks you a question, answer it and explore it fully. If you simply ignore them or allow time to lapse (even for a second) then the opportunity is lost.
  • tahcoboy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Montessori scared me forever, it was so bad I remember begging my parents to put me in public school,
    I literally was hit by the head teacher on several occasions by way of yard sticks, markers, or pretty much anything the teacher would have in their hand at the time. My penmanship is also horrible from being taught to write in cursive before print, I did not learn to write in print till public school. On the academic side, we were only taught math and reading nothing else, if anything, academically I was never allowed to flourish. My cousin can attest to the same, as we both were at the same Montessori school. :/
  • kernel16, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2I can name loads of successful people that attended normal schooling, and some that haven't. What's your point?
  • SunflowerPower, on 12/05/2007, -1/+2I went to Montessori pre-school and had a blast. We were encouraged to solve problems creatively, instead of the way problems are solved in the adult world. In this way, we could complete tasks that would normally be considered above our intellecutal level. For example, we communitcated with each other by posting signs on the wall with pictures and numbers, before we were capable of writing and reading english. I think that ALL normal kids are motivated to learn, it's just that they all don't want to do it the way adults want them to. That is the point of the Montessori system. The adult helps direct the child's natural desire to learn, instead of jamming knowledge down their throat.
    • nalf38, on 12/05/2007, -0/+0Look--I'm sure you're very nice and probably very intelligent, too, but I have to say that I think your comment is one-sided and elitist. First of all, in my "adult world," all of my problems are solved creatively, so your implication that children are infinitely more creative than adults sounds like it's coming from the perspective of someone who is still in high school.

      If you believe that all normal kids are motivated to learn, then you obviously don't have children. Pop out a few, and then we'll talk. If by "motivation to learn" you mean continually trying to figure out how to hit your sister without getting in trouble, then yes, all children are motivated to learn.

      "Jamming knowledge down their throat"...Oy. Expecting kids to read at a certain level by a certain age hardly qualifies as jamming. The implication in Montessori, which is that the child will eventually get to it at their own pace with very subtle direction from a teacher/guide, simply doesn't work for everyone.

      I can't imagine how many circuits you'd blow if your child came home and said "I don't feel like learning to read, and I don't have to, because I go to a montessori school, and IT'S MY CHOICE." Now THAT'S a self-directed child. I think it can be persuasively argued that it's actually a sheep/herd mentality that makes a successful Montessori student, rather than the other way around.
  • petermoffat, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1I attended a Montessori pre-school. I've always considered myself a free thinker. And I constantly feel like I'm smarter than everyone around me. Maybe it made me a smart douche?
  • Treoinmypocket, on 12/05/2007, -3/+2"Both Sergey Brin and Larry Page were successful products of this system."

    So were a lot of total douchebag idiots. The success of Google's founders has nothing to do with that ***** Montessori schooling.
  • WITFITS, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1I attended Montessori and it worked well for me. I'm no big wig like Larry or Sergey, but I've had a good, successful life. I wouldn't say that it was because of my early Montessori education, per se, but rather because of the person I am and that Montessori was a good match for me, though it may not be for everyone.
    One of the criticisms mentioned in the article is the lack of homework. Personally, I think the fact that kids don't have any (or much) homework is a good thing: it gives them time to, you know, _be kids_.
  • MeatyMcBeef, on 12/05/2007, -1/+0Extremely interesting! I'm no education expert but I know the fundamentals of education and public education in the U.S. doesn't appear to be living up to it's own standards for many students. Some kids seem to excel in public school, others in these schools and the same goes for home schooling. If we're as "individual" and "special" as kids are told in school, maybe we need to look at types of education as more of an "individual" answer as opposed to one-size-fits-all.
  • MaxxOwens, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1I laugh every time this comes up.... The Montessori "fad" seems to pop up every 5 years or so, gain some traction, then fade away again.

    There are two main problems with Montessori style:

    1. It assumes that children want to learn.
    2. It assumes that the teachers are smarter than the students.

    Example:
    I was in a Montessori System for 3 1/2 years. At the end of year 3 my mom, a teacher in a traditional school, started to get concerned about my reading level. She took me to her school to get an intelligence test, because she not sure if it was me or the school that was the problem. The results put me in the 99th percentile 135+ IQ, yet my reading level was 2 years behind where it should be? What could be wrong? After that day I had "friends" come to school with me to observe my day to day scholastic activities. Well it turns out I had "reworked" my Montessori schedule to include only math and recesses. Not sure why I had math in there? I probably could have gotten away with all recesses all day. Without the structure of traditional schooling I was able to manipulate my educational track to what I wanted, in this case recess...

    In short Montessori works in the exact opposite way you would believe. It's the conformist amongst us that will thrive in the "no rules" environment. They will do as the pack does. The individualist on the other hand will do what they want do regardless of others and their education will suffer because of it.
  • anay09, on 12/05/2007, -2/+0I wen't to montessori!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • nalf38, on 12/05/2007, -0/+0"A view of children as competent beings capable of self-directed learning."

    Just because someone is capable doesn't mean they're motivated to do it. I have a PhD and although I had a public school K-12 education, I see the merit in Montessori......

    Just not for my kids. I'm not saying I won't enroll them, BECAUSE THEY ARE enrolled in a Montessori school. Be aware that some children need more structure than others. "Self-directed" is a euphemism for "doing whatever you feel like," and if your son wants to sit under the desk all day and play paper-rock-scissors with the other class tard, then that's his choice. And that's just plain stupid.

    Some kids excel, but it's not a cure-all for our nation's ills. It's an alternative to traditional classroom education, but it's not unequivocally better.
  • cefaluro, on 12/06/2007, -0/+0Montessori is where I gained a love for exploration...Can't wait to send my own kids there.
  • psients, on 12/06/2007, -0/+1Oh digg. Please digg. Please Digg a million times!
  • Farticus, on 12/06/2007, -0/+1No schooling system of any type will make a genius out of a buffoon. IQ and even more so, executive brain functions, are genetically determined. The Montessori method may help the gifted to really shine, but I have know a few examples of people from that system who may have been better off with a more directed and disciplined form of education.
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