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Kirkpatrick and his predecessor John Dewey attach the Montessori method. Montessori in the U.S. looses popularity
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the Tenth International Montessori Congress was held in Paris. It is here that she meets Mario Montessori. She is dissatisfied with the education system in the US and looking for an alternative. -
After taking Montessori training herself, she became involved with a group of prominent parents who wanted to be deeply involved with their children’s education.
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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.
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Appointed by Mario Montessori
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with the vigorous support of parent-advocates, Nancy Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society.
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TIME magazine featured Rambusch, Whitby School, and the American Montessori revival in its May 12 issue. The article was well received and parents began to contact AMS interested in opening schools. Montessori began to gain popularity in the US again.
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Learning How to Learn, Nancy Rambusch's book, is published. This, along with other publicity, helps to build a resurgence of Montessori schools in the US.
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AMI revokes recognition of AMS due to philosophical differences. Rambusch recognized that Montessori had to transcend religious boundaries and would have to acquire nonsectarian appeal if it was to succeed in the United States. She also firmly believed that aspects of the Montessori method had to be modified to accommodate the culture of mid-twentieth-century America and its children, and that the movement should not be confined to private institutions.
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Cleo Monson was hired to reorganize AMS as the administrative affairs office was in chaos and under threat of falling apart. -
6 months after Monson arrives, Rambusch resigns and continues her distinguished career in early childhood education
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AMS HQ is located in New York City to this day
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AMS sued AMI over the right to exclusively use "Montessori" as a descriptor of their schools in the U.S. They lost—the U.S. Patent Office ruled that the name was a generic descriptor of a type of schooling (which means that other, non-accredited schools are allowed to use it, too).
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a position of pivotal importance that she essentially created and that she held until her retirement in 1978.
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AMS and AMI have since agreed that the arguments and fighting were unproductive, and work together in the interest of providing quality Montessori programs for children.