Montessori, long a favorite for wealthy families, struggles to expand its reach
“For decades, this quirky branch of education has appealed mostly to wealthy parents. Drawing low-income families has been much harder. Now, the world’s richest man aims to broaden the reach. Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, pledged in September to fund a new network of ‘Montessori-inspired,’ tuition-free preschools for low-income children. Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, said the Day One Fund would start with $2 billion for the preschool network and aid for homeless families. ‘The money spent there is going to pay gigantic dividends for decades,’ Bezos said at the Economic Club of Washington.”