Since 1984, Dr. Glenn has been Consulting Research Director at a unique private Montessori school serving preschool through junior high school. He has had sole responsibility -- from creation through implementation -- of an 18-year longitudinal study to assess the effects of a Montessori education well into adulthood.

Dr. Glenn's background in psychology and education allows him to conduct creative and original scientific research in an exceptionally humanistic environment, focusing on the behavioral and social development of children into adults, rather than on specific teaching methods or content.

Do 12 to 15 years of Montessori education prepare a student for the "real world?" Do students with more years of Montessori education have more "Montessori-like" personalities, interests, and behaviors?

Under this umbrella is a set of more market-focused studies: What makes a family stay or leave at specific transition points (pre-school to elementary, elementary to junior high)? Can this be predicted beforehand?

Early studies were quantitative in nature (surveys, focused interviews), but recent projects have moved to more qualitative methods (focus groups, surveys with mostly open-ended questions).

An annotated bibliography is available for a more detailed summary of this research.

Many research papers are available. Dr. Glenn asks that you email him with the title of the desired report (from the annotated bibliography) and a few words about yourself, affiliation or school, and your reasons of interest. You will need to have software able to extract a winzip file. He will reply to your email with one attachment.

A list of Dr. Glenn's publications is also available.