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Tenth International Montessori Congress in Paris, France
Nancy Rambusch travels to Paris to attend the Tenth International Montessori Congress in search of a new approach to education. -
Rambusch Meets Maria and Mario Montessori
Nancy Rambusch met Maria and Mario Montessori at the conference. Mario encouraged her to complete coursework in Montessori education so she could take the Montessori Method back to America as a new approach to education. -
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Nancy Rambusch begins to use the Montessori Method
Nancy Rambusch completes her coursework and begins to educate her children using the Montessori Method. -
Nancy Rambusch moves to Greenwich, CT
Nancy began working with a group of parents in Greenwich, CT who were, like Nancy, interested in their children's education. -
The Whitby School is opened.
Nancy Rambusch helped open and was named Head of School of Whitby School. It was the first Montessori School that had been opened since the early 20th Century in America. -
Nancy Rambush appointed to AMI position
Nancy Ramsbusch was appointed, by Mario Montessori, to serve as U.S. representative of AMI. -
AMS is created
The American Montessori Society (AMS) was created by Nancy Rambusch. AMS, which shared the same goals as AMI, was created to serve the American culture. -
TIME Magazine Publishes an article
TIME Magazine published an article about Nancy Rambusch, the Whitby School and the American Montessori Society. The American public was intrigued, which led to much interest in creating more Montessori schools. -
Learning How to Learn was published.
Learning How to Learn, written by Nancy Rambusch, was published. This led to more interest and the creation of even more Montessori schools across America. -
MACTE is created
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) is created to ensure access quality Montessori education through accreditation of high quality teacher education programs.
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NCMPS is created
The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS) is created by AMS to grow and improve Montessori schools in the public sector. Their vision is: "NCMPS envisions a world where every community has equitable access to sustainable, just, and humanizing public education that empowers families, students, and teachers to flourish."
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MPPI is created
Montessori Public Policy Initiative (MPPI) was created by AMS and AMI/USA to help advocate to remove obstacles for Montessori education in public policies that were written without Montessori education in mind. MPPI advocates for Montessori policies in states across America.
https://montessoriadvocacy.org/about/#story