Marva Collins - Wikipedia
16 Feb 2026 at 1:20pm
Marva Delores Collins (née Knight; August 31, 1936 ? June 24, 2015) was an American educator. Collins is best known for creating Westside Preparatory School, a widely acclaimed private elementary school in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which opened in 1975. [1][2]
Marva Collins | Innovative Teaching Methods & Education Reforms ...
16 Feb 2026 at 5:13am
Marva Collins was an American educator who broke with a public school system she found to be failing inner-city children and established her own rigorous system and practice to cultivate her students? independence and accomplishment.
Marva Collins's Biography - The HistoryMakers
17 Feb 2026 at 1:11pm
Soon, Collins? success attracted national attention. She and the Westside Preparatory School were profiled by 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, Time and Newsweek, and were the subject of a television movie, The Marva Collins Story.
Marva Collins | National Endowment for the Humanities
16 Feb 2026 at 2:03pm
"For thirty years, we have done what other schools declare impossible," explains Collins, who has trained more than one hundred thousand teachers, principals, and administrators in the methodology developed and practiced at her Westside Preparatory School in Chicago.
Marva Collins: Revolutionary Teacher of the ?Unteachable?
16 Feb 2026 at 2:46pm
After fourteen years, Collins resigned from the Chicago school system. Dismayed but not discouraged, Marva Collins tutored a handful of students who were considered unteachable, either due to perceived learning disabilities or lack of motivation.
Marva Collins Biography - life, childhood, children, parents, story ...
14 Feb 2026 at 4:18am
Schoolteacher Marva Collins founded Chicago's Westside Preparatory School in 1975. The success of the school and her teaching methods brought her media attention and inspired a made-for-TV film. Collins was born Marva Delores Nettles on August 31, 1936, in Monroeville, Alabama.
Marva Collins: Transforming Education for Black Students
17 Feb 2026 at 4:50am
In honor of Black History Month, California Pacific Charter Schools is excited to feature the story of Marva Collins, an educator who dedicated her life to providing Black students with a transformative education.
Marva Collins | Encyclopedia.com
6 Feb 2026 at 11:09am
Collins's method of teaching, spelled out in her 1982 book Marva Collins' Way, provides students with a nurturing atmosphere in which they learn the basics?reading, math, and language skills.
Marva N. Collins - Historic Huntsville Foundation
30 Jan 2026 at 11:53am
Marva Collins, born in Monroeville, Alabama, became one of the nation?s most influential educators. After years of teaching in Chicago?s public schools, she grew disillusioned with how often Black children were mislabeled as ?learning disabled? and denied opportunities.
Marva Collins, Chicago Educator and Westside Prepatory School
5 Feb 2026 at 5:08pm
On September 1st 1975, school teacher Marva Collins took $5,000 from her retirement fund and opened the low-cost Westside Preparatory School on the second floor of her home in Chicago.
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16 Feb 2026 at 1:20pm
Marva Delores Collins (née Knight; August 31, 1936 ? June 24, 2015) was an American educator. Collins is best known for creating Westside Preparatory School, a widely acclaimed private elementary school in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which opened in 1975. [1][2]
Marva Collins | Innovative Teaching Methods & Education Reforms ...
16 Feb 2026 at 5:13am
Marva Collins was an American educator who broke with a public school system she found to be failing inner-city children and established her own rigorous system and practice to cultivate her students? independence and accomplishment.
Marva Collins's Biography - The HistoryMakers
17 Feb 2026 at 1:11pm
Soon, Collins? success attracted national attention. She and the Westside Preparatory School were profiled by 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, Time and Newsweek, and were the subject of a television movie, The Marva Collins Story.
Marva Collins | National Endowment for the Humanities
16 Feb 2026 at 2:03pm
"For thirty years, we have done what other schools declare impossible," explains Collins, who has trained more than one hundred thousand teachers, principals, and administrators in the methodology developed and practiced at her Westside Preparatory School in Chicago.
Marva Collins: Revolutionary Teacher of the ?Unteachable?
16 Feb 2026 at 2:46pm
After fourteen years, Collins resigned from the Chicago school system. Dismayed but not discouraged, Marva Collins tutored a handful of students who were considered unteachable, either due to perceived learning disabilities or lack of motivation.
Marva Collins Biography - life, childhood, children, parents, story ...
14 Feb 2026 at 4:18am
Schoolteacher Marva Collins founded Chicago's Westside Preparatory School in 1975. The success of the school and her teaching methods brought her media attention and inspired a made-for-TV film. Collins was born Marva Delores Nettles on August 31, 1936, in Monroeville, Alabama.
Marva Collins: Transforming Education for Black Students
17 Feb 2026 at 4:50am
In honor of Black History Month, California Pacific Charter Schools is excited to feature the story of Marva Collins, an educator who dedicated her life to providing Black students with a transformative education.
Marva Collins | Encyclopedia.com
6 Feb 2026 at 11:09am
Collins's method of teaching, spelled out in her 1982 book Marva Collins' Way, provides students with a nurturing atmosphere in which they learn the basics?reading, math, and language skills.
Marva N. Collins - Historic Huntsville Foundation
30 Jan 2026 at 11:53am
Marva Collins, born in Monroeville, Alabama, became one of the nation?s most influential educators. After years of teaching in Chicago?s public schools, she grew disillusioned with how often Black children were mislabeled as ?learning disabled? and denied opportunities.
Marva Collins, Chicago Educator and Westside Prepatory School
5 Feb 2026 at 5:08pm
On September 1st 1975, school teacher Marva Collins took $5,000 from her retirement fund and opened the low-cost Westside Preparatory School on the second floor of her home in Chicago.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
