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AMS Creation to Present
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Date of Birth
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori Place: Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy.
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Education
Graduated from the University of Rome Medical School joined staff psychiatric.
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Birth of Son
Mario Montessori
Father Dr.Giueppe Montesano
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Formation of the Method
Became director of the Orthophrenic School for Developmentally disables children research/observation.
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First Children's House
opened the “Casa Dei Bambini
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Author
Dr. Montessori published her first book, Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini.
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Spreading
Montessori schools could be found throughout Western Europe and were being established around the world.
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Montessori in United States
The first Montessori school opened in the United States.
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Maria Montessori comes to United States
Maria Montessori traveled to the U.S. on a 3-week lecture tour.
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Notoriety in US
187 English-language articles and books had been written about Montessori education. One article, in the highly popular McClure’s Magazine, described Dr. Montessori as “an educational wonder-worker.”
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“Glass Classroom”
At the World Fair Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco,Maria Montessori had a demonstration classroom and gave an international training course for prospective Montessori teachers.
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Elementary
Dr. Montessori began to turn her attention to the education of elementary-aged children. A year later, she published L'autoeducazionne nelle Scuole Elementari, describing her thoughts on the education of children ages 7 – 11. (The English title of the book is The Advanced Montessori Method.)
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Montessori Method catches on in US
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Critics of Montessori
William Kilpatrick, a highly regarded figure in the progressive education movement, and a former student of John Dewey, critiqued the Montessori Method in his book, The Montessori System Examined.
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Montessori Subsided in US
Montessori education in the U.S. had almost completely faded away.
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AMI
Established Association Montessori International with son Mario.
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Nancy Rambusch
Rambusch traveled to Paris to attend the Tenth Montessori Congress and learn more. There, she met Mario Montessori, who encourages her to bring Montessori back to US.
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Involved with like minded Parents
Nancy Rambusch moves her family to Greenwich, CT. She shares with prominent parents the Montessori Method.
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Whitby School
First Montessori School to open in US in the second wave of interest in Montessori. Rambusch is Head of School. Whitby school continues today.
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AMI
Mario Montessori ask Nancy Rambusch to be US representative to AMI.
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AMS is Born
As a result of Rambusch’s efforts, the American Montessori Society was born.
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Montessori in the Public School
Montessori magnet schools created as part of desegregation initiatives in the 1960s and 1970s,
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Peacemaker
Dr. Montessori wove peace education into her curriculum, a result of having lived through 2 horrific world wars. Today, more than ever, peace and social justice remains an integral part of Montessori education.
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Montessori Schools Today
There are about 500 public Montessori School of the approximately 5,000-8000 Montessori programs in the U.S.
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Proliferation of AMS Programs
example: public/ charter schools are tuition-free, extended hours, operate year-round, bilingual, immersive-language, and/or faith-based, learning exceptionalities, such as dyslexia and language-processing disorders,Some schools bring students and elderly for meaningful interactions, cross-cultural relationships with schools in distant countries form global connections, community-based service learning programs.
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