05/14/2026
At Montessori del Mar Community School ZERO instruction is delivered through digital platforms to students of any age. This article about standardized digital instruction offered through computers in public schools around the country has thousands of comments.
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All instruction and teaching at our school is delivered by humans and is individualized based on the child's readiness, interests, and learning needs/pace. Students apply what they have learned in real life and not on a digital platform. Computers are used as tools to access information and as a window to the larger world and never as the source of instruction. Only our Upper Elementary students use computers regularly for research or collaborative projects.
The outcomes of the individualized and humane education in our Montessori classroms are noticeable inside and outside of our classrooms as the studebts we teach exhibit agency, initiative and compassion.
https://www.montessoridelmar.org/
Ward Wooden, a Los Angeles eighth grader, recently sat at a table in his backyard waiting for an animation on i-Ready to finish so he could answer geometry questions on his school-issued laptop. He had seen the introductory cartoon — which flashes a car, flowers, a blender, an alligator and more over a jazzy drumbeat — hundreds of times before, but he couldn’t skip it.
“I think it’s supposed to serve as a break or something interesting to keep you engaged, but all it does is waste more time,” he said.
A growing number of families and educators say they’re fed up with i-Ready’s personalized math and reading lessons.
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