Unrelated to bitcoin: I know very little of what montessori schools are like abroad, but I went to a very good, small montessori school in Europe, and I firmly believe (well, as firmly as I can without repeated controlled trials) that I would not be half the hacker and tinkerer without it.<p>Allowing childrens natural curiosity fuel their learning, and providing the physical aids to stoke that fire is probably as good as it gets within the framework of hey-we-have-these-things-called-national-standards-our-kids-must-meet.