who was marva collins
Marva Collins, nÃ©e Marva Delores Knight (born August 31, 1936, Monroeville, Alabama, U.S.âdied June 24, 2015, Bluffton, South Carolina), 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 studentsâ independence and accomplishment.