Topic: Alexander Graham Bell

Top galleries, list articles, quizzes

Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools

Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
American Innovation: 13 Born-in-the-USA inventions
In Pictures: American Inventions

All Content

Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools

Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
Chapter & Verse Garfield: America's most obscure president may also have been one of its best

Biographer Candice Millard talks about the courageous, independent, largely forgotten US president – James Garfield – whose term was cut short by an assassin's bullet.
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs: the genius rebel who saw the world – computers included – differently from the rest of us.
Candice Millard talks about "Destiny of the Republic"

Candice Millard calls assassinated US President James Garfield a "very admirable" person whose death was "a real loss to the nation."
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard’s account of President James Garfield’s assassination brings back to roaring life a tragic but irresistible historical period.
Opinion: US businesses don’t succeed in spite of government. They succeed because of it.

Big business complains about corporate tax rates. But corporate taxes fund the infrastructure that the private sector depends on. Try starting a business without it.
American Innovation: 13 Born-in-the-USA inventions

There is a long history of innovation in America's relatively short existence; from lone inventors experimenting in garages to collaborating and competing with international scientists. Many of the following 13 inventions have become fixtures in daily life.
In Pictures: American Inventions
8 (smart) books for the beach

From the Monitor's summer reading guide: beach reading for smart readers.
How America can create jobs

The nation's entrepreneurial prowess may be the best hope to stem 9.7 percent unemployment. Companies from a laser-tech firm to a baby-sitting network are harnessing new ideas – and helping reinvent the economy.
Best nonfiction books of 2008

The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best nonfiction books of 2008.
$2 million for a book
Sorry, wrong inventor

A new book casts doubt on Alexander Graham Bell’s role as the telephone’s creator.
Sorry, wrong inventor

A new book casts doubt on Alexander Graham Bell's role as the telephone's creator.