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Nancy Rambusch met Mario in a conference in Paris and learns about the Montessori method and starts educating herself about the method. -
with the help of a group of parents who were also Montessori advocates, they founded the Whitby School which was the first Montessori school since the initial flurry of interest in Montessori in the early 20th century.
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with the help of the group of parents who were Montessori advocates, they founded the American Montessori Society.
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TIME magazine featured Rambusch, Whitby School, and the American Montessori revival, which led to great public interest in the method.
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in 1962, Rambusch’s book, Learning How to Learn, led to dramatic growth in the number of American Montessori schools and students. -
The Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE), founded -
national center for Montessori in the public sector was founded -
AMI/USA and AMS formed Montessori Public Policy Initiative to be the unified voice in advocacy and a platform for coordination of public policy efforts.