Public Montessori School...Boo Yah!

While it is tough to challenge the establishment, S.D. Spady Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL, successfully petitioned the Palm Beach school board several years back to create a public Montessori School. The school abolished traditional grades. Four other schools in the district have followed suit after seeing successful implementation of the Montessori philosophy at S.D. Spady.

Important reforms are few and far between. It's great to see an entity understand that the way it always has been isn't always the best way, and then do something about it!