Marva
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Examines the attitudes and convictions of Marva Collins, a disillusioned public school teacher who established a private school in the Chicago inner city which stresses basic education. Surveys the no-frills program, with its emphasis on literature, composition, and standard English. Shows, through interviews and class participation, the far greater success her students have than those attending the local public schools. Features Mike Wallace., Examines the attitudes and convictions of Marva Collins, a disillusioned public school teacher who established a private school in the Chicago inner city which stresses basic education. Surveys the no-frills program, with its emphasis on literature, composition, and standard English. Shows, through interviews and class participation, the far greater success her students have than those attending the local public schools. Features Mike Wallace.
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, Veteran school teacher, Marva Collins, withdrew from the city school system and started her own school. Located in a Black, low income area of Chicago, Marva's back to basics methodology of teaching, with particular emphasis on literature and composition, is being praised by educators and parents all over the United States.
, Examines the attitudes and convictions of Marva Collins, a disillusioned public school teacher who established a private school in the Chicago inner city which stresses basic education. Surveys the no-frills program, with its emphasis on literature, composition, and standard English. Shows, through interviews and class participation, the far greater success her students have than those attending the local public schools. Features Mike Wallace.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
, Examines the attitudes and convictions of Marva Collins, a disillusioned public school teacher who established a private school in the Chicago inner city which stresses basic education. Surveys the no-frills program, with its emphasis on literature, composition, and standard English. Shows, through interviews and class participation, the far greater success her students have than those attending the local public schools. Features Mike Wallace.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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