I am one who has a great experience with an accredited Montessori. But I also have a gifted head teacher, truly amazing, who "gets" my child. We are doing applications for a gifted elementary and both the teachers and we have to write essays about DD for review and they are writing great stuff that supports our stories.

We used a school consultant who told us which early childhood classes (they have 5) were the best in the school. And demanded the class with the teachers she said were great.

Ren