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History of AMS by Patricia

  • Nancy McCormick Rambusch

    Mario Montessori urges Nancy to take training to bring method back with her to the United States.
  • Nancy moves o Greenwich, CT

    She meets with affluent families and peaks their interest in the method for their children.
  • Whitby school is opened-the first Montessori school in the United States

    Nancy and a group of parents bring back interest to the United Sates and she is named board member.
  • AMS is founded

    Foundation is modeled after AMI and has the blessing of Mario Montessori.
  • TIMES magazine picks up story

    Nancy is interviewed for the magazine as the interest gains momentum in the United States.
  • Nancy releases book Learning How to Learn

    Book as well as additional media interest sparks enrollment in Montessori schools and openings of additional schools throughout country.
  • AMS and AMI part ways

    Organizations disagree on adult trainings
  • AMS struggles to keep up

    Nancy leaves AMS as president and the organization is busy organizing the movement, spreading information to those interested and streamlining the training process.
  • Public schools begin to adapt Montessori

    Form the East cast to the West coast public Montessori schools begin to spring up.
  • Montessori Mafia article is published

    As media conglomerates began to establish themselves as entities that changed our way of navigating roads and shopping, an article highlights how the founders of these moguls are former Montessorians.