What are the benefits and disadvantages of Montessori school for 6 year old?

Question

I am referring to ACCREDITED Montessori schools.

Answer 1

The benefits are that the schools attempt to cater to each child and focus on what is typically age-appropriate. The schools are child-centered and understand that children are children, not little adults.
The disadvantages are that they forget that this is not how things happen in the real world. If your child goes to a Montessori school for a few years and then transfers to a typical high school (or even college) they're in for a culture shock and they won't be as prepared as a child who has gone to a typical school for their whole life. The schools focus on skills that may be beneath a bright child and may bore a child who would prefer to be learning more academic skills. In addition, Montessori is a concept that hasn't been proven, or even tested, unlike some other alternative forms of education today.