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Nancy McCormick Rambusch attended the congress where she met Mario Montessori who encouraged her to bring the Montessori method to the US -
While living in NY, Rambusch taught her own children using the Montessori Method
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Rambusch moved to Greenwich, Connecticut
where parents wanted her involved in their children's education -
Rambusch founded and was head of the Whitby School with was the first Montessori school to open in the US since turn of the century. -
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Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society
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Rambusch thought Montessori method needed to be modified to fit into the American culture and that it should be nonreligious affiliated and brought into public institutions so all children could benefit from the program. AMI wanted to keep the principles the same thinking that by changing them it would destroy the integrity of the program.
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Monson reorganized the AMS office to keep the organization active. -
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The Comite Hispano Montessori begins
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Held in Athens, this was one seminar of many that helped with professional growth among Montessori teachers.
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This organization was a governing body to accredit Montessori teacher training program by setting a high standard for content and adult learning.
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This organization was formed by AMS in 2012 to bring equity and advocacy in policy making in the Montessori realm for public schools . It later became an independent organization in 2015.
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AMI/USA and AMS formed MPPI to be the unified voice in advocacy and a platform for coordination of public policy efforts