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Maria Montessori was born
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The first Casa opened
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The first North American Montessori school was opened in October 1911
The first North American Montessori school was opened in October 1911, in Tarrytown, New York. The inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his wife became proponents of the method and a second school was opened in their Canadian home. -
There were more than 100 Montessori schools in US
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Montessori traveled to the United States in December 1913 on a three-week lecture tour
Montessori traveled to the United States in December 1913 on a three-week lecture tour which included films of her European classrooms, meeting with large, enthusiastic crowds wherever she traveled -
Montessori returned to the US in 1915
Montessori returned to the US in 1915, sponsored by the National Education Association, to demonstrate her work at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, and to give a third international training course. A glass-walled classroom was installed at the Exposition, and thousands of observers came to see a class of 21 students. -
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The Montessori movement in the US fragmented
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Rambusch quest for a better approach to educating American children took her to Paris for the Tenth International Montessori Congress
She met Mario Montessori, Maria’s son and her successor as head of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) -
Rambusch got involved with parents who wanted to be deeply involved with their child's education
In 1956, the Rambusch family moved to Greenwich, CT. There, Nancy became involved with a group of prominent parents who wanted to be deeply involved with their children’s education. -
Rambusch and the parents founded Whitby School
In 1958, they founded Whitby School—the first Montessori school to open in the U.S. since the initial flurry of interest in Montessori in the early 20th century. The board selected her as head of school. -
Mario Montessori appointed Nancy Rambusch to serve as the U.S. representative of the AMI
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Nancy Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society
In 1960, and with the vigorous support of parent-advocates, Nancy Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society. -
TIME magazine featured Rambusch, Whitby School, and the American Montessori revival
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Rambusch published her book Learning How to Learn 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
MACTE is dedicated to improving academic degree and certificate programs for Montessori professional educators -
National Center Montessori in the Public Sector
NCMPS was launched by the American Montessori Society (AMS) in 2012，to grow and sustain Montessori in the public sector with a focus on equity and access. -
Montessori Public Policy Initiative
AMS and AMI/USA formed MPPI in 2013 to be the unified voice in advocacy and a platform for coordination of public policy efforts.