Critics say the one size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for all students and there are questions about the body that helped design it
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Michelle’s year 8 daughter, Leah*, has been in and out of hospital since birth with complex medical issues, and Michelle says flexible learning through a Montessori program has allowed her to keep up with school.
She says the Montessori stream at their nearby public school in Victoria has taken a lot of anxiety out of her daughter’s education, due to its “self-directed learning”.