Philip Hart discusses the history of the New School for Children and Roxbury Community College

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Title:
Philip Hart discusses the history of the New School for Children and Roxbury Community College
Description:
In this clip Dr. Philip Hart, professor at the University of Massachusetts and former director of the Federation for Boston Community Schools, the parent organization for Roxbury Community School, talks about the dissatisfaction with public schools on the part of Black parents in the 1960s. Parents were pulling their children out of school and educating them at newly formed freedom schools and tutoring centers. In 1966 the New School for Children and Roxbury Community College were incorporated as private non-profit educational institutions set up as an alternative to Boston public schools. Overall the program explores three schools identified by the community as viable alternative choices to Boston's public schools: Roxbury Community School, St. Joseph's Community School (supported by the Archdiocese of Boston), and Paige Academy (a private school operating via tuition). Program features on-location, documentary-style interviews with Dr. Philip Hart (professor at the University of Massachusetts and former director of the Federation for Boston Community Schools, the parent organization for Roxbury Community School), Cecilia Ware (a veteran teacher at Roxbury Community School), Joyce Snowden (Educational Coordinator for Roxbury Community School), Michele Marrow (K-1 tyeacher at Roxbury Community School), Joyce King (Acting Principal for St. Joseph's Community School), Idella Hill (fourth grade teacher, St. Joseph's Community School), Angela Paige Cook (Director of Paige Academy), Kim Archung, Fauzia Ahmed, and Lauen Lee (teachers with Paige Academy), and Joe Cook, Jr. (Administrative Producer, Paige Academy), on why alternative schools are needed, how parent involvement factors into alternative schooling, how alternative schools operate, and what classroom enrichment they provide. Includes footage from a 1975 interview with Sister Sylvia Thibodeau, St. Joseph's first principal, in which she talks about the philosophy of the school. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
Creator:
Deare, Beth
Director:
Clarke, Brian
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Smith, Lee
Contributor:
Carey, Nancy
Contributor:
Devitt, Doug
Contributor:
Johnson, Bill
Contributor:
Coleman, Vern
Contributor:
Harriston, Renee
Contributor:
Macie, Roger
Contributor:
Johnson, Nat
Producer:
Producer's Group, Inc.
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Morales, Carmen
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Contributor:
Correia, Dennis
Contributor:
Wong, Evelyn
Contributor:
Melendez, Celenia
Contributor:
St. Onge, David
Contributor:
White, Don
Contributor:
Brennan, Susan
Date:
November 23, 1979
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Roxbury Community School (Roxbury, Mass.)
African American students
Snowden, Joyce
Alternative education
Black Ghetto Theatre Company (Boston, Mass.)
Hart, Dr. Philip
Cook, Angela Paige
Public schools
Afro-American children
King, Joyce
Civil rights
Segregation
St. Joseph's Community School (Boston, Mass.)
Community schools
Thibodeau, Sylvia
Paige Academy (Roxbury, Mass.)
Cook, Joe, Jr
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_313533AF7022417CB9A6738F3B509872