MIMOSA JONES TUNNEY
Mimosa Jones Tunney is a writer and innovator who is deeply committed to childhood development and education. Building on the philosophies and scientific observations of Comenius, Dewey, Pestalozzi, Piaget, Malaguzzi and most ardently Dr. Maria Montessori, Tunney's creative investments focus on three areas: crafting a new American curriculum, building bricks and mortar pilot programs and writing films that meld the history and science of learning with contemporary story telling.
THE METHOD & HIS MADNESS
2019
By 1913, S.S. McClure, the greatest newsman in American history, had exposed most of corporate criminal America in the pages of his magazine, McClures. But when he decides to attack the education establishment, bringing Dr. Montessori and her ground-breaking methods to America to establish the first-ever school in The White House, S.S., Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, even President Wilson himself are no match for the business of education... a business that would subsequently destroy his namesake publication, humiliate Montessori and keep our public education system held hostage to this day.
THE SCHOOL HOUSE
2019
This is what we know about children.
After 350 years of scientific thought and practice in the field of pedagogy we know that children learn more from 0-3 than they will learn in any other three year period throughout the entirety of their life. We know 3-6 is a close second. 6-12 a high third. We do not get the 0-12 opportunity again in a human’s lifetime. Once these developmental periods are over, they are closed for good. And although later learners can be developed in different ways, no time is easier to cultivate the wonder of human potential that exists in those first twelve years.
There are five great methods that until now have yet to be combined into one operational curriculum. These methods show us how learning can be engaging, successful, accomplished and multi-dimensional all at once. The methods support the skills required for the next century of humanity. And they honor not only academics but the fun and gregarious nature that is our one and only childhood.
Find out more at www.theschoolhouse.org
