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AMS Timeline
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First Montessori School
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Humble Beginnings of Montessori in the US
Montessori's first visit to the US on a three-week lecture tour -
100 Montessori Schools Operating in US
American educational leaders and newspapers highlighted and praised her pedagogy and were impressed by her larger than life personality. -
Montessori Enthusiasm Derails
Language barriers, World War I travel limitations, anti-immigrant sentiment, and the lack of faith in the Method from a few influential educators all contributed to the decline. -
Discontent with American Education On The Rise
The cultural climate was changing in the U.S., including growing discontent with traditional American education. Nancy McCormick Rambusch was among young aspiring teachers searching for an alternative method of teaching children. -
Montessori Gets Another Chance
From 1950-1970 work of Maria Montessori was put in perspective. As the culture was shifting to child-centered society parents began to develop private Montessori networks to help Montessori schools. -
Montessori Passes Away
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Nancy McCormick Rambusch Attendance At Montessori Congress in Paris.
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Rambusch Takes Training In London (Late 50's)
At the Paris conference, Dr. Rambusch meets Mario Montessori. He inspired her to take training and find a way to revive his mother’s education method in the United States. -
Birth of The Whitby School
While working in a small school in New York she was approached by a small group of parents from nearby Connecticut, who were interested in founding a private school based on the Montessori education. This paved the way for establishing The Whitby School. -
AMS On the Map - Founder, Nancy Rambusch
As interest grew in the Montessori education, Dr. Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society (AMS), where she modeled the ideal classroom after the Whitby program. -
AMS Highlighted in The Times Magazine
In 1961, TIME magazine featured Rambusch, Whitby School, and the American Montessori revival in its May 12 issue. -
AMS Starts Teacher Training
First AMI/AMS Montessori Training Courses begin in Greenwich, CT -
AMS Faces Financial Difficulty
Doug and Marie Gravel come to the rescue by providing financial support. The Gravels began their enduring relationship with AMS by volunteering in the AMS office. -
AMS Helps Establish Montessori Schools
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Cleo Monson - The New President
AMS office in Greenwich was flooded with requests for information about the method and how to open Montessori schools. The society was weakened by conflicts not only with AMI but within AMS itself, the office's administrative affairs were in chaos, and the organization was in danger of disintegrating. -
Nancy McCormick Rambusch Resigns
Rambusch resigned as president and embarked upon a distinguished career in children's education that continued until her death in 1994. -
AMS Moves to NYC
The national office of AMS moved from Greenwich to New York, where it has since remained. -
AMS Gets Involved In Montessori Movement In the Public Sector
The American Montessori Society (AMS) began to work on public policy issues -
AMS Makes Its Mark Overseas
The society was very proud of the success of its first International Symposium, held in Athens. -
MACTE Founded
MACTE is committed to the effective preparation of Montessori teachers. -
NCMPS Launched
NCMPS was launched by the American Montessori Society (AMS) in 2012 -
MPPI
MPPI joint collaboration of AMS and AMI/USA in bridging the work of advocates and policymakers, and promoting public awareness of the Montessori approach. -
AMS At Present
AMS continues to grow and evolve. With 14,813 members, 210 AMS Accredited Schools, and 96 affiliated TEPs, AMS continues to increase their presence and influence in the realms of education policy, the public sector, Montessori quality assurance, research, teacher education, and more.
