Lulu's AMS timeline

Maria Montessori passes away.

1952

Dr. Montessori passes away leaving behind a legacy in the world of education.

Nancy McCormick Rambusch meets Mario Montessori in Paris

1953

Nancy McCormick Rambusch attends a Montessori conference in Paris and meets Mario Montessori. He invites her to take Montessori training in Europe.

Whitby School (first Montessori to open in the US) was founded w/ Rambusch as head of school.

1958

Mario Montessori appointed Rambusch as the US representative of Association Montessori Internationale.

1959

Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society.

1960

Rambusch and Whitby School featured in TIME magazine.

1961

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,869907,00.html

Rambusch published her book Learning How to Learn.

1962

Early attempts to expand Montessori into the public education.

1963

Hilltop School in Reading, Ohio, becomes the first public Montessori school in the U.S.

1967

https://amshq.org/About-AMS/Press-kit/Public-Schools

Cleo Monson becomes first National Director of AMS.

1973

https://lib.uconn.edu/location/asc/collections/amsrecords/the-history-of-ams/#

Nancy McCormick Rambusch passes away.

1994

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/30/us/nancy-rambusch-67-educator-who-backed-montessori-schools.html

Montessori Accreditation Council of Teacher Education

1995

MACTE, umbrella organization that oversees teacher accreditation, was created. https://www.macte.org

Creation of National Council of Montessori in the Public Sector.

2012

https://public-montessori.org/

The Montessori Public Policy Initiative was created.

2013

https://montessoriadvocacy.org/

60th anniversary of AMS.

2021