On this day in 1975 School teacher Marva Collins took $5,000 from her retirement fund and opened the celebrated, low-cost Westside Preparatory School.
On this day in 1975 by Debbie Skipper and Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today September 1, 2024 Sept. 1, 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. She started with four students, including her own daughter, and began welcoming students that others had labeled “unteachable.” Her success led newspapers such as the Chicago Sun-Times and the Washington Post to write about her.
She remained an inspirational figure, appearing in Prince’s video, “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.” After George H.W. Bush was elected president, he asked her to become Secretary of Education. She declined the offer, preferring to continue to influence the lives of students, one by one. In 2004, she received a National Humanities Award. She died in 2015.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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