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Timeline of AMS

By Dorothy H
  • Montessori visit US

    Montessori visit US

  • The Glass Classroom & National Education Association speaking engagement

    The Glass Classroom & National Education Association speaking engagement

  • 1920s-1940s World Wars and Educational Detractors dismiss Montessori's Method and Philosophy

  • 1950s: Climate is right for a change in traditional American Education

    1950s: Climate is right for a change in traditional American Education

    -Progressive Education Movement-whole child education
    -Church vs. State funding debate
    -Desegregation "separate is unequal"
    -Sputnik fear American Education had fallen behind
    -Post WWII Baby Boomers needed schools
  • Small Montessori schools start to emerge

    Small Montessori schools start to emerge

    Elizabeth Caspari opens Wee Wisdom Montessori school in Unity Village, MO
  • Nancy McCormick Rambusch travels to Paris to attend a Montessori Congress and learn more.

    Nancy McCormick Rambusch travels to Paris to attend a Montessori Congress and learn more.

    -She meet Mario Montessori, Maria’s son, who encouraged her to bring Montessori back to the U.S.
  • Nancy McCormick Rambusch open the Whitby School

    Nancy McCormick Rambusch open the Whitby School

  • The American Montessori Society is born in a small New York Apartment

    The American Montessori Society is born in a small New York Apartment

  • Montessori Education Flourishes in the US!

    Montessori Education Flourishes in the US!

    Montessori in the Public Sector report more than 5000 Montessori Schools in the US with 500 in public schools