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In 1917, Montessori lectured in Amsterdam, and the Netherlands Montessori Society was founded. [58] She returned in 1920 to give a series of lectures at the University of Amsterdam. [59] Montessori programs flourished in the Netherlands, and by the mid-1930s there were more than 200 Montessori schools in the country. [60]
The Montessori community does not have any central authority. AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) is the body that Maria Montessori founded in 1929, and of which she remained founder president until her death in 1952. Her son Mario Montessori was general director of AMI until his death in 1982.
A 1975 study found that students in a Montessori program from pre-K to grade 2 scored higher on the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales compared to those in traditional programs. [50] In 1981, a review found that Montessori programs performed as well as or better than other early childhood education models in specific areas. [51]
The Association Montessori Internationale is the sole Montessori organisation founded by Montessori herself. It was founded in August 1929 by Maria and her son Mario in Helsingør, Denmark during a period in which they were enduring increasing hostility with the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain.
The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a New York City-based, member-supported nonprofit organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools. AMS advocates for the Montessori method (popularized by Maria Montessori ) throughout the United States, and publishes its own standards and criteria ...
Oct. 6—HAVERHILL — Snowdrop Montessori School has opened in partnership with the Coalition for a Better Acre and with support from Eastern Bank Foundation after relocating from Cambridge.
A trainee of Maria Montessori herself Stephenson first operated as Mario Montesori's personal representative in the United States. As the movement grew, Montessori granted her request to set up a branch office of AMI in the United States. AMI/USA was founded in 1972 and directed for its first ten years by Karin Salzmann.
A week after 19th-century human remains were found at the site, construction continues at Maryland Avenue Montessori School on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.