Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin Foreword by Alex Haleyeee Senet Eesoeeteert a Season ‘cet mma cre Staion eas a te eS et ere ae Smar ‘gr 0 Nan Tin baer opto ede To our children and all children, ‘may they find thetr own way.— EE 43 / 155 Lo hee 14 / 165 aie ee oo 46 7 195 i ‘Questions from Parents | 215 ‘Questions from Teachers | 221 ‘Recommended Phonics Books | 229 Mess Rou Five, ena'ix 231 Foreword "To say critical nto understate how porly most of our ic education is eerving our youth today. Indeed time ‘agin in starkly clini appraise, our captain of in- Thve warned our saree of edveation that unlew 7S. produces higher-level graduates, American. farther jopary. industry ‘willbe thrust into "They point out today we confront a competition that is better moti ‘better trained, and smarter than we have ever met Moreover, this new breed of competitor nation it their governmental poliey to maintain their edu ‘standards ina pursult of greater excellence. Tis against this background that this book presents Collins, whose opinions of what is and is not effec ‘afford us a palette of insights into why she be regarded among Americas foremost educators fo other secondary school principal ever has been the post of Seeretary of Education by two consecu- ‘Presidents. Marva Collins turned down both of ‘offers, preferring to remain her own, woman, unen- ‘by politics and bureaucracy, asthe founder and ofthe Westalde Preparatory Sehoo Challenge that motivates Marva Collins is to fsomething positive and constructive can be done ‘deplorable rate of dropouts, which is preceded by level of scholarship among most minority the inadequacy of US. public education of mi