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Angela Paige Cook comments on standardized testing

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Moore, Melvin Barrow-Murray, Barbara White, Conrad Valdes, Mario Yang, Eileen

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In this clip, Angela Paige Cook, founder and director of Paige Academy, talks about the inherent racism of standardized tests for assessing intellect. Overall the program focuses on the work of Paige Academy, a private school in Roxbury for children aged three months to seven years. Hosts Barbara Barrow and Melvin Moore speak with Paige Academy Founder and Director Angela Paige Cook and the Academy's Administrative Producer, Mary Ann Crayton, to discuss the school's origins and practices, such as teaching by the nguzo saba (the seven principles of Kwanzaa). Program includes slides of Academy students. Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
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Marshall, CarolynSongai, JahidMahard, FranKane, PatWilson, BobCross, JuneStewart, AubreyJohnson, LenitaSullivan, John LBordett, BruceClarke, BrianMorton, WilLane, FrankPlausse, JohnMackles, GeneSmith, KathyMerhar, MilanHorne, DannySmith, Lee
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Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Alternative Education
  4. Alternative Schools
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Cook, Angela Paige
  7. Crayton, Mary Ann
  8. Education
  9. Paige Academy (Roxbury, Mass.)
  10. Public Schools
  11. Segregation
  12. Women

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