DPSCD Montessori Program

  • More Detroit families should have access to a rigorous, child-centered, proven alternative learning environment that raises student success without any additional cost.  The Montessori Method of education is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children from birth to adulthood.

    The Montessori Approach to Learning

    • Children choose their own work
    • Trained teachers support children's development
    • Mixed age groups
    • Uninterrupted independent work periods
    • Montessori materials
    • Learning through senses