Angeline Stoll Lillard is Commonwealth Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1991, and her research, resulting in over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has been funded by several federal sources and foundations. She received the American Psychological Association's Boyd McCandless Award for contributions to developmental psychology, and her bestselling book, Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2016) received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award. She primarily studies Montessori education and children's play.

The Montessori Difference is THE definitive book written by the definitive expert on Montessori education. If we want to help kids thrive in an AI world, we must re-imagine education as active playful learning where children are the agents of their own discoveries. Authentic Montessori education rises to this challenge. This superbly written, well documented and evidence-based book is a tome, an inspiration, and a tribute to the insights that Maria Montessori used to help children flourish.

Angeline Stoll Lillard is Commonwealth Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1991, and her research, resulting in over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has been funded by several federal sources and foundations. She received the American Psychological Association's Boyd McCandless Award for contributions to developmental psychology, and her bestselling book, Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2016) received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award. She primarily studies Montessori education and children's play.

The Montessori Difference is THE definitive book written by the definitive expert on Montessori education. If we want to help kids thrive in an AI world, we must re-imagine education as active playful learning where children are the agents of their own discoveries. Authentic Montessori education rises to this challenge. This superbly written, well documented and evidence-based book is a tome, an inspiration, and a tribute to the insights that Maria Montessori used to help children flourish.

Angeline Stoll Lillard is Commonwealth Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1991, and her research, resulting in over 150 peer-reviewed articles, has been funded by several federal sources and foundations. She received the American Psychological Association's Boyd McCandless Award for contributions to developmental psychology, and her bestselling book, Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius (Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2016) received the Cognitive Development Society Book Award. She primarily studies Montessori education and children's play.

The Montessori Difference is THE definitive book written by the definitive expert on Montessori education. If we want to help kids thrive in an AI world, we must re-imagine education as active playful learning where children are the agents of their own discoveries. Authentic Montessori education rises to this challenge. This superbly written, well documented and evidence-based book is a tome, an inspiration, and a tribute to the insights that Maria Montessori used to help children flourish.