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Marva Collins
Marva Collins (August 31, 1936 – June 25, 2015) was an American teacher. In 1975 she started Westside Preparatory School in Garfield Park, a poor neighborhood of Chicago.
She ran the school for more than 30 years until it closed in 2008.[1][2]
She was known for applying classical education, in particular the Socratic method, modified for use in primary schools, successfully with students from poor families.
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She wrote some manuals, books and other materials describing her history and methods. She was most widely publicized in the 1981 biographical TV movie, The Marva Collins Story, starring Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman.[3]
Early life
[change | change source]Collins was born in Monroeville, Alabama.
She graduated from Clark College (now known as Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta, Georgia. [1]
Career
[change | change source]Collins taught school for two years in Alabama, then moved to Chicago, where she taugh