When Barbara A. Sizemore was a young child in the early 1930s, some people believed that black children could not learn at the rate of white children. Her father took her to researchers at his ...

At Barbara A Sizemore Campus, 8% of students scored at or above the proficient level for reading. The school’s minority student enrollment is 100%. The student-teacher ratio is 17:1, which is ...

Barbara A. Sizemore, one of the first African-American women to serve as the superintendent of a city school system and a lifelong crusader for teaching black children to read, died on July 24.

CHICAGO (CBS) --A 95th birthday celebration for distinguished Chicago educator Dr. Barbara Sizemore. Family friends and community members will gather at 8 a.m. at the Barbara a.

When a search committee at DePaul University of Chicago was seeking a new dean of the School of Education, Dr. Barbara Laffoon Sizemore’s name surfaced. Sizemore had no compelling reason to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago students celebrating their 8th grade graduation Tuesday night took time to remember their mentor. Terrance Dantzler was given his diploma from Barbara Sizemore Academy in ...