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Mario urged Rambusch to take coursework in Montessori education and to bring the Montessori Method to the U.S.
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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.
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Mario Montessori appointed Nancy Rambusch to serve as the U.S. representative of the AMI.
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The American Montessori Society is founded by Nancy Rambush and others.
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The article galvanized the American public, and parents turned to AMS in large numbers for advice on starting schools and study groups. Additional publicity in the popular media, including Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as the publication in 1962 of Rambusch’s book, Learning How to Learn, led to dramatic growth in the number of American Montessori schools and students.
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The national office of AMS moved from Greenwich to New York City, where it has since remained.
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Frst International Symposium, held in Athens in 1979, which featured as speakers several internationally renowned educators and scholars.
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The Comite Hispano Montessori, enabled the Montessori method to thrive in Spanish-speaking communities in the Americas and the Caribbean. along with other organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Child Development Associate Consortium.