KATE BROUGHTON
About Me
I am Kate Broughton, M.Ed., an educator, researcher, and strategic advisor working at the intersection of Montessori education, artificial intelligence, and the future of work. With over 40 years of experience in both UK public and US private Montessori systems, I have spent my life committed to the transformation of education by following each unique child.
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In 2007, I co-founded Kingwood Montessori School in Texas (US) and led as director until 2020, co-creating a nurturing and vibrant learning environment rooted in developmental theory and child-centered pedagogy. Since then, my journey has taken me into the heart of educational innovation. As a two-time fellow with the Innovation Fellowship Think Tank initiated by the American Montessori Society, I have initiated award-winning research into how Montessori education naturally aligns with digital citizenship and AI competency development, and led an expert team to create Innovation Labs: The Future Montessori Classroom for the AMS 65th Anniversary Exhibit at the Montessori Event in Denver in March 2025. This exhibit demonstrated a pathway to inviting technology and artificial intelligence thoughtfully into the Montessori environment.​​​​
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​​​Innovation Lab: The Future Montessori Classroom
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This Exhibition Padlet was shared at the AMS 65th Anniversary Event by the Technology Group Team Members: Debbie Adams, Dana Anderson, Pat Barton, Kate Broughton, Sam Gleisten, Aishwarya Sankaranarayanan, Shelley Smith, Ronke Okesola, Katie Torres, Michelle Velho, Mara Weitzman. You will also find other powerful content from Desislava Stoeva, Kim Smith Claudel, Sarah Kennedy-Berge, and Nancye Blair Black, and others.
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Why Me, Why Now?​​​​
What drives me is a deep belief that the future must be built on hands-on experiences in the real world, cultivating agency, autonomy, integrity, and intentional design.
As educators, we are not merely preparing children for the world; they are already shaping it, every day, in how they see, question, and respond to it. Our role is to work alongside them, with clarity, humanity, and imagination, holding space for them to engage fully with complexity, purpose, and possibility.​
I believe learning should be lived, not simulated.
That creativity and critical thinking are not separate from moral development but deeply intertwined.
That the classroom is not a container, but a launchpad.
And I believe the systems we build now, educational, technological, ethical, must reflect the dignity of the children who will inherit them.
​This is not a time for reform. It is a time for redesign.
For trusting in the intelligence of children, the relational wisdom of teachers, and the power of environments that invite meaningful work.
​Education is not preparation for life. It is how we live, together, in real time, as we build the future.
​So, maybe it is time to ask the question, Why You, Why Now?
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