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Barbara Goleman

Barbara Goleman

American teacher from Florida

Barbara Ann Goleman is an American secondary-school teacher of English literature and winner of the 1969 National Teacher of the Year award.

Biography

Goleman was born and raised in Florida.[1] She earned her B.A. in 1952 and M.A. in 1954 at Florida State University.[2]

She began teaching at Miami Jackson High School in 1954 to help repay her college loan. When she began, the school's enrollment was 90% white middle-class students, but after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation, Florida began to admit black students to white schools beginning in 1963. By 1966 the student body at Miami Jackson High School was 85% black poor. Goleman helped develop new programs and demonstrated a caring attitude toward students to build academic success.[3]

She was awarded the 1969 National Teacher of the Year Award for her achievements.[4][5] She was the first southerner to win the award in 18 years.[1] She received the award on 28 April 1969 from President Richard M. Nixon in a White House ceremony.[4]

Barbara Goleman High School, opened in 1995, was named in her honor.[6]

Bibliography

  • A. E. Housman: Proud Rebel. Florida State University. 1954.

References

  1. [1]
    "Minnesota journal of education, Volumes 50-51". Minnesota Education Association. 1969: 20. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. [2]
    "Alumni Association – Chapter News". Florida State University. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Teacher of the Year: Barbara Goleman helps to anchor a school in turmoil and points up the promise of a Southern generation that may lead us all" (PDF). Look. 13 May 1969. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  4. [4]
    Richard Nixon: Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President, Volume 1. Office of the Federal Register. 1969. pp. 324–325.
  5. [5]
    Addresses and Proceedings: National Education Association of the United States, Volume 107. National Education Association of the United States, American Normal School Association, National Association of School Superintendents, Central College Association. 1969. p. 263.
  6. [6]
    "1995 – present". Barbara Goleman High School. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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