By Cherish Wilson, The Shelby Star, N.C. Aug. 2--Hope Christian Academy of Kings Mountain plans to offer a Montessori Middle School program beginning this coming school year. The program will open to students in the sixth through eighth grades.

By Matthew E. Milliken, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. May 23--DURHAM -- The initiative to convert the Lakewood YMCA into a school took two more steps toward fruition Thursday evening.

By Jessica Schonberg / jschonberg@heraldonline.com At Freedom Montessori, there are no desks. Students work independently on interactive assignments designed to teach not just academics, but also language, culture, sensory and practical skill development. That is the Montessori way.

By Will Oremus SAN MATEO -- An idea to make North Shoreview the first public K- 8 Montessori school in Northern California was approved Thursday night by the San Mateo-Foster City School District Board of Trustees.

By Daisy Martinez, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas Nov. 24--HARLINGEN -- The Montessori Academy of Harlingen will expand and accept more students as early as February for the 2008-2009 school year.