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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...
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Carolyn P. Powell oral history interview, 2004 December 2
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Creator
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Powell, Carolyn P.
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Date Created
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2004-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, School management and organization, Student activities, Multiculturalism, Education--Experimental methods
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Description
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Carolyn Powell discusses her experiences as both a teacher and administrator at Piedmont Open Middle School. Ms. Powell began her tenure at Piedmont as a teacher in 1978, and held the position of assistant principal from 1994 to 2004. Ms. Powell d...
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Daniel Ford Faris oral history interview, 2005 June 22
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Creator
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Faris, Daniel Ford, 1944-
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Date Created
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2005-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, Language arts (Middle school), Teaching teams, Grading and marking (Students), School discipline--Evaluation, Student-centered learning, Active learning, Mixed ability grouping in education
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Description
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Teacher Daniel Ford Faris describes the open education learning environment at Piedmont Open Middle School between 1977 and 1997. He discusses his methods of teaching students and compares his teaching methods during his time at Spaugh Middle Scho...
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Martha O'Neill oral history interview, 2005 August 12
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Creator
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O'Neill, Martha, 1956-
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Date Created
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2005-08-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Drama in education, Arts in education, Musicals, School field trips, Sex instruction, Teachers
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Description
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Martha O'Neill shares her experiences as a drama teacher at Piedmont Open Middle School in Charlotte. She describes the characteristics of open education as it was understood and practiced within the school, including a focus on the whole child, a...
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Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
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Creator
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Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
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Date Created
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1999-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
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Description
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Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...
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Mildred Wright and Patrick Cannon oral history interview, 2005 November 18
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Creator
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Wright, Mildred, 1933-
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Date Created
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2005-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, School management and organization, Education--Philosophy, Multicultural education, Educational assessment, Educational tests and measurements
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Description
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Mildred Wright and Patrick Cannon discuss their experiences with Irwin Elementary School and open education in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Wright was a teacher and principal at Irwin Elementary from the 1970s-1990s and talks about the concept ...
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Mildred Wright oral history interview 1, 2006 February 14
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Creator
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Wright, Mildred, 1933-
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Date Created
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2006-02-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, School children--Education (Elementary), Educational assessment, School management and organization, Total quality management in education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Cultural pluralism
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Mildred Wright recounts her career as an educator and administrator working with open plan schools in North Carolina, particularly her experiences helping to open, teach at, and manage Irwin Avenue Open School, the second functioning open plan sch...
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Mildred Wright oral history interview 2, 2006 February 22
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Creator
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Wright, Mildred, 1933-
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Date Created
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2006-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, Child development, School management and organization, Educational tests and measurements, Educational assessment, Magnet schools, Educational leadership, De facto school segregation
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Description
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In this last of three interviews with Mildred Wright, Ms. Wright discusses her career in education, particularly her role as principal at Coulwood Middle School and Thomasboro School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Wright explains how the approa...
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Pamela Grant oral history interview, 2005 May 31
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Creator
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Grant, Pamela M., 1942-
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Date Created
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2005-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Open learning, Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Description
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Pamela M. Grant recounts her twenty-six year teaching career at Piedmont Open Middle School. Mrs. Grant became involved with the open learning movement in education during the late 1960s, and gave up a career in academia in order to teach at Piedm...
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Sonja Gantt oral history interview, 2004 December 8
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Creator
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Gantt, Sonja, 1965-
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Date Created
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2004-12-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teacher-student relationships, Student activities, African American students, Students--Social life and customs, Active learning
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Sonja Gantt, daughter of former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt, describes her experience as a student at Piedmont Open Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina in the late 1970s. She discusses the cohesion of the student body, influential teachers...