While most preschools try to look nice, Reggio Emilia schools take this to a new level. ... book area, blocks, etc.,” Teresa Cole, founder and director of The Willow School wrote in an email.

The Reggio Emilia approach spread internationally, in part thanks to a 1991 Newsweek article heralding the schools, and today there are 1,200 individual members — educators and advocates — of ...