- Montessori education was established in Europe in the early 1900s and came to America in the early 20th century, spreading rapidly through private schools.
- In the 1950s-60s, the American Montessori Society was formed and sought to integrate Montessori into public schools and American culture more broadly.
- Tensions emerged between the traditional, integrity-focused approach of the Montessori movement and the American tendencies towards innovation, anti-intellectualism, liberalism, and exceptionalism.
- Today there are over 4,000 Montessori schools in the U.S. and the movement continues to grow and diffuse both in America and worldwide, while also facing new challenges.
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Montessori in America
1. Montessori in America: A Century of Reform on the Margins Jackie Cossentino Williamsburg Montessori/University of Maryland Keith Whitescarver The College of William & Mary
10. First meeting between Nancy McCormick Rambusch and Mario Montessori In 1953, Nancy Rambusch met Mario Montessori at a Montessori conference in Paris and discussed the possibility of starting a Montessori type school in the United States. Mario famously replied: Madame, there is no such thing as a Montessori type school; there is only a Montessori school. Nancy McCormick Rambusch, “The American Montessori Experience,” American Montessori Society Bulletin , vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1-27. The quote is from p. 8.
