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1. Maria Montessori

   Author of The Absorbent Mind, Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, Discovery of the Child

2. Elizabeth G. Hainstock

   Author of Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years: The Pre-School Years, Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years: The School Years (Teaching Montessori in the Home), The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method, and the Movement

3. Paula Polk Lillard

   Author of Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, Montessori: A Modern Approach, Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three

4. Thomas Sowell

   Author of Race and Culture: A World View, Conquests and Cultures: An International History, Ethnic America: A History

5. E. M. Standing

   Author of Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work

6. David Gettman

   Author of Basic Montessori: Learning Activities For Under-Fives

7. William J. Bennett

   Author of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II): From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom, America: The Last Best Hope Volumes I & II Box Set

8. Angeline Stoll Lillard

   Author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius

9. Joshua Muravchik

   Author of Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism

10. Diane Ravitch

    Author of Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform

11. Martin L. Gross

    Author of The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools

12. Keith Windschuttle

    Author of The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists are Murdering Our Past

13. Nathaniel Branden

    Author of How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence, The Psychology of Self-Esteem: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Understanding that Launched a New Era in Modern Psychology, Taking Responsibility

14. Lesley Britton

    Author of Montessori Play And Learn: A Parent's Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six

15. Michael Ravitch

    Author of The English Reader

16. E. D. Hirsch Jr.

    Author of The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them

17. Stephan Thernstrom

    Author of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible

18. Tim Seldin

    Author of How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way

19. Charles T. Rubin

    Author of The Green Crusade: Rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism

20. Hernando De Soto

    Author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else