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Patrick Frierson is a parent of three and the Paul Piggott and William M. Allen Professor of Ethics and Philosophy at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He has written several academic articles and two recent books on Montessori’s philosophy and is currently finishing a new book, The Philosophy of Maria Montessori, for Oxford University Press. Contact him at frierspr@whitman.edu.

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