2015 Educateurs sans Frontières Assembly

2015 Educateurs sans Frontières Assembly

The Educateurs sans Frontières that gathered in Thailand this summer, came from 26 different countries. We spent two weeks getting inspiration from one another’s projects, and brainstorming on how to allow Education for Peace to reach more people, because more than...
2015 World Education Forum

2015 World Education Forum

In May 2015, world leaders met for two days in Incheon, Korea at the 2015 World Education Forum at the invitation of UNESCO and six co-conveners: UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, UN Women) and the World Bank Group. The event was hosted by the Government of Korea. The...
Reunion: The First AMI Training Course in Thailand

Reunion: The First AMI Training Course in Thailand

It is a great pleasure for us to meet up again after almost ten years and to spend two weeks together exploring the future of Montessori in Thailand and around the world.  In 2006 the first AMI training in the history of Thailand began in Nakhon Pathom, home of the...
Royal Support for Montessori

Royal Support for Montessori

It was very surprising when, during her talk to us here at the EsF Assembly, Dr. Priyanut Dharmapiya said that the king of Thailand had been a Montessori student!  So I talked to her and some of my Thai friends here and found out some very interesting information....
Corner of Hope May 2015

Corner of Hope May 2015

The number of children at the school in New Canaan continues to grow with 34 new children starting in 2015. There are now just over 100 children with two teachers per classroom. Two of these teachers are attending the Elementary course and will start the Elementary...
Haiti April 2014

Haiti April 2014

Educateur Patricia Gwin is currently in Haiti where she is conducting a seminar over the course of three weekends, to introduce Montessori preschool teachers to the math materials used at the elementary/primary level. In true Educateur spirit, Mrs Gwin approached...