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Title: Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
Creator: Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
Date Created: 1999-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
Description: Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...

Title: Carolyn P. Powell oral history interview, 2004 December 2
Creator: Powell, Carolyn P.
Date Created: 2004-12-02
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Teachers, School management and organization, Student activities, Multiculturalism, Education--Experimental methods
Description: 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...

Title: Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
Creator: Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created: 1997-10-16
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration, De facto school segregation, Magnet schools, Race relations, School districts--Planning, School enrollment, School integration, School management and organization, Segregation in education, Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: In this 1997 interview, Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts the school system's history of desegregation in light of the filing of Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools earlier that yea...

Title: Kathleen Crosby oral history interview, 2001 October 1
Creator: Crosby, Kathleen R. (Kathleen Ross), 1925-2012
Date Created: 2001-10-01
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, School management and organization, African American school principals, Early childhood education--Administration, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Racism, Threats of violence
Description: Kathleen Crosby recounts her forty-year career as an educator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), as well as her involvement in the civil rights movement in Charlotte. She describes the conditions for African Americans living under Jim Crow in...

Title: Mildred Wright and Patrick Cannon oral history interview, 2005 November 18
Creator: Wright, Mildred, 1933-
Date Created: 2005-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, School management and organization, Education--Philosophy, Multicultural education, Educational assessment, Educational tests and measurements
Description: 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 ...

Title: Mildred Wright oral history interview 1, 2006 February 14
Creator: Wright, Mildred, 1933-
Date Created: 2006-02-14
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: Mildred Wright oral history interview 2, 2006 February 22
Creator: Wright, Mildred, 1933-
Date Created: 2006-02-22
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...