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Michael Silverstone (He/His/Him) is a Lower Elementary Guide at Wellan Montessori School in Newton Centre, MA,and a member of the faculty of the Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative (METTC), based at Lexington Montessori School in Lexington, MA. He holds a Lower Elementary (Elementary I) Certification from METTC. Along with Dr. Debbie Zacarian, he is co-author of Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Self-Confidence, and Collaboration (ASCD 2020). Contact him at edu@michaelsilverstone.net.

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