Mariamontessori

The History of AMS

By PortCityAnna
  • 10th International Montessori Congress

    10th International Montessori Congress

    Nancy McCormick Rambusch attends the 10th International Montessori Congress in Paris. She meets Mario Montessori there.
  • Whitby School

    Whitby School

    The Whitby School is founded in Greenwich, CT by Nancy McCormick Rambusch

  • AMI in the United States

    Mario Montessori appoints Nancy Rambusch to serve as the US representative to AMI
  • AMS Founded

    AMS Founded

  • Time Magazine

    Time Magazine

    Time Magazine features the Whitby School and Montessori in America

  • AMS splits from AMI

    AMS insisted that all teacher educators have a college degree so that the coursework could, potentially, be recognized by state education departments, which Mario Montessori disagreed with at the time.
  • AMS Schools & Membership

    AMS Schools & Membership

    Currently, AMS has 16,000 member schools! Of those, 204 are AMS accredited