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Google and Montessori

Larry Page and Sergy Brin, the founders of Google, often credit Montessori with their success. Did you know that they both attended Montessori schools as children?

Steven Levy, a journalist for Wired magazine, recently interviewed Google Vice President, Marrissa Mayer. In the article, “An Unconventional CEO,” Mayer reveals a special insight and appreciation of Montessori. She goes so far as to claim,

[quote] “You can’t understand Google unless you know that both Larry and Sergey were Montessori kids.” [/quote]

“In a Montessori school, you go paint because you have something to express or you just want to do it that afternoon, not because the teacher said so,” explains Mayer.

“This is baked into how Larry and Sergey approach problems. They’re always asking, why should it be like that? It’s the way their brains were programmed early on.”

We couldn’t have said it better. The intersection of Google and Montessori is an important one.

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