AISD hopes first Montessori program will fill under-enrolled campus

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District is launching its first Montessori program this year at Winn Elementary School, an under-enrolled school in East Austin.
The teaching method that involves more hands-on learning and an environment where students are given more freedom to make choices dates back to the early 1900s.
There are more than 20 Montessori options in Austin, but up to this point, all but one are private schools west of Interstate 35.
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