Teddy’s letter came today, and now that I’ve read it, I will place it in my cedar chest with the other things that are important in my life. “I wanted you to be the first to know.” I smiled as I read the words he had written and my heart swelled with a pride [...]
Knighted Ken Says Schools Kill Creativity
October 8, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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School Teacher Defies Odds, Lifts Little Known High School Graduation by 526 Percent
July 25, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
In 1995, Molly Howard, a longtime special education teacher in Louisville, Ga., watched as the new Jefferson County High School building was being constructed. “Every day I’d drive by the building, and I’d wonder, ‘Who’s gonna run that school?’ And it kept tugging at me, ‘Why don’t you apply?’” Howard said. She applied and got [...]
Why Marva Collins Will Make A Great Sports Coach
December 29, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
In my previous post on Marva Collins, I mentioned that she will make an outstanding sports coach. The reason is because I believe the same education principles apply in coaching sports. Barriers to sporting achievements are predominantly self-imposed. Who thinks that Mark Spitz’s haul of seven Olympic Gold medals will never be broken? Certainly not [...]
Marva Collins – The Outstanding Educator
December 28, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Marva Collins is an outstanding educator who started Westside Preparatory School in Garfield Park, Chicago, in 1975. You [...]
