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MDP History

Scroll down to see MDP's history, 1990-present

2022

AMI Primary Montessori Training Course brought to Cleveland with Montessori Training Institute Northeast

Montessori for All - video series to support distance learning for equity

2020

2020

2016

2018

Nature Play construction begins at Stonebrook Montessori

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David Kahn retires

2017

Amasa Stone House   phase two renovation for Stonebrook Montessori 

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2015

Stonebrook Montessori opens as a charter school

2015

2014

2013

Amasa Stone House phase one renovation for Stonebrook Montessori

Montessori Charter Management Organization

2012

2011

Guided by Nature Exhibit, International Montessori Congress, Portland, OR

Adolescent Montessori Sweden

2005

2008

Capital Drive for Hershey Montessori Training Institute

2010

Montessori High School at University Circle opens

International Production of Aid to Life Parent Education Materials

Montessori International Baccalaureate Diploma

2004

2003

2002

Parent Education Media: Adolescent Great Work

Reminiscences of a Montessori Life (Margot Waltuch)

1999

2000

The Whole-School Montessori Handbook

1999

1998

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) collaboration on science and religion begins

1998

Flow and Montessori Study with Dr. Csikszentmihalyi

MTEC places WMI at Loyola University in Maryland

1996

1995

Adolescent Teacher and Administrator Training Programs

NAMTA’s Administrator Professional Development

1995

1994

1994

Montessori Archives (ongoing)

Keepers of Alexandria Project

1993

The Montessori Head Start Clearinghouse

1992

1992

Montessori Resource Center

Cleveland Humanities and Education Institute

1990

1990

MDP Founded by Debra Guren and David Kahn

2023

Stormwater Retention and Education Project at the Stonebrook-White Montessori Campus 

2021

Peace Literacy Professional Development for the CMSD Montessori Schools

2020

Stonebrook Montessori merges with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District

2019

Launch of the International Montessori Training Institute for adolescent training

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2017

2018

Montessori High School at University Circle closes its doors

Amasa Stone House phase three renovation for Stonebrook Montessori

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2016

Cleveland Society of Friends building restoration and renovation to house NAMTA offices , the MDP Professional Learning Center and Cleveland Montessori School Middle School

2014

AMI Montessori Adolescent Orientation Program Expands to New Locations beginning  with Sweden

2009

2005

2006

2013

Stonebrook Montessori, Charter School project in Cleveland, Ohio

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2012

Project 2012: Montessori High School

2010

2012

Working with University of Peace and The Children's Eternal Rainforest, San Jose, Costa Rica 

San Jose, Montessori

Hershey Montessori Training Institute

Hershey Montessori Training Institute

Adolescent Program Development—High School Advanced Design

Exhibit to Celebrate Montessori Centenary: A Montessori Journey: 1907-2007

Montessori Institute for Science and Peace founded

The NAMTA Center for Montessori Adolescent Studies (NCMAS)

2004

2003

2003

Online Montessori Bibliography with Searchable CD

First Montessori Orientation to Adolescent Studies with NAMTA

2000

1999

Hershey Montessori School’s Adolescent Program on the Farm

Computer Associates Montessori Children’s House

1999

Charter School: Old Brooklyn Montessori School

1998

Parent Education Media: The Normalized Child

1997

Parent Education Media: What Is Montessori Preschool?, What Is Montessori Elementary?

The First Interpretation: The Adolescent Colloquium

1996

1995

Lesson Plans for Montessori Parent Education

1994

First Montessori Special Education Conference

1993

Cleveland Humanities and Education Institute Enrichment Program

1992

Montessori Public School Consortium (MPSC)

1992

Parent Education Media: At Home with Montessori

1991

The University Circle Cleveland Montessori Center: NAMTA, MDP, and MTEC (Ohio Montessori Training Institute and Washington Montessori Institute)

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