Ok so once again I have joined the 52 books in a year challenge...

I haven't read 52 books in a year since I was in Elementary school.  I just do not have the time but this year I really want to try and read more than a handful of books.  This week...ok since Christmas day I have been reading  Marva Collins' Way by Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin.  After 14 years as a public school teacher Marva Collins grew disenchanted with the public school system in  Garfield Park.  She went on to open her own private school(1975) Westside Preparatory School where she began teaching 4 students--most of which had been written off by other teachers as learning disabled and unable to learn.


I love Marva's common sense approach to education and holding to the ideal that all children can learn and not only learn but they can succeed.  I'm about half way through it and hope to finish it this weekend.

Here is a link to the book on Amazon:

Marva Collins' Way

Here are some links to a couple of  60 Minutes Interviews with Marva Collins in 1979 and again in 1995  with some of her very first students.

Marva Collins 1979 pt 1
Marva Collins 1979 pt 2

Marva Collins 1995 pt 1
Marva Collins 1995 pt 2

More information on Marva Collins