What happens when you discover that the inner work you've been avoiding as an educator is actually the most critical component of serving children authentically?
Koren Clark, founder of Know Thyself Inc and creator of the Liberatory Montessori Framework, exposes the uncomfortable truth that most Montessori educators know but rarely address: without transformed adults, we cannot create truly liberatory experiences for children.
Her journey from Zimbabwe to Oakland reveals how cultural context shapes identity and why Montessori environments must become laboratories for both individual liberation and collective transformation.
Asa Hilliard's insight that "Montessori is a metaphor for humanity" runs through Koren's work. While other educational approaches center economic systems and produce CEOs, Montessori centers the innate process of human becoming.
But only when adults engage in their own liberation work.
Listen to discover why Koren believes there's no such thing as an adult, how children can learn math through drumbeats on the ground, and what happens when educators finally do the inner work that transforms not just classrooms but entire school cultures.
Thanks Koren for a great conversation!
Connect with Koren at knowthyselfinc.org and follow her 100-Day Liberation Challenge on LinkedIn with the QR code below!
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