Ana María García Glanco is the AMS 2020 living legacy. As a fearless community organizer, peace education activist, and educational pioneer, Ana María has changed thousands of lives and transformed the future of public Montessori education in Puerto Rico. In this interview, Ana Maria discusses how she was introduced to Montessori, her own…

Naming all the tragedies in the world is, sadly, an impossible task. When and how do teachers talk about tragic events in the classroom? This is a question every teacher has grappled with. Classrooms are beautiful, peaceful havens for students. And yet, students do not exist solely within these classrooms. Schools exist in the context of a world…

During the author's first year teaching, she, like many first-year teachers, found that the most difficult task in creating a peaceful classroom environment was not in the lesson giving or preparation of the classroom, but in managing the "misbehavior" of the children. Meanwhile, her mentor, a veteran teacher of over 20 years, seemed to handle the…