Routines have settled, the crying at drop-off has mostly stopped, and now that low hum of "I should probably get more involved" is starting up. Good instinct — but worth doing right. Getting involved as a Montessori parent isn't the same as generic...

  The car line has a bad reputation. It's the part of the day parents complain about at pickup, to the very people also standing in the car line complaining about it. But here's the reframe: that stretch of pavement, or that ten-minute drive, is one of the only...

Every classroom has a lead guide, and every classroom also has an assistant—the person quietly retying shoes, wiping noses, refilling the water pitcher, and generally keeping the whole operation from tipping into chaos while the guide is deep in a three-part lesson...