- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 33 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Educator and academic administrator Barbara A. Lafoon Sizemore was born on December 17, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.A. degree and her M.A. degree from Northwestern University, as well as her Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago. In 1963, Sizemore was among the first African American female principals of a Chicago school. Nine years later, she was elected superintendent of the District of Columbia's public school system. As an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh in 1977, she researched schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods whose students were predominately African American. As dean of DePaul University's School of Education, she incorporated her findings into the School Achievement Structure. Schools following her routines reported success in raising their students' test scores. Sizemore continued to contribute to educational theory as a writer and member of the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Sizemore passed away on July 24, 2004, at age 76.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Barbara A. Sizemore
- Barbara A. Sizemore
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1000518644
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Barbara A. Sizemore.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
023349
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 April 9.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Academic Administrator School Superintendent Education Professor.
- Added Author
Sizemore, Barbara A., interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.