At the time, Collins had both supporters and detractors. Personal life and death Collins married to Clarence Collins from September 1960 until his death in 1995. Together, they had three children; Patrick, Eric and Cynthia. Collins died on June 24, 2015 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, aged 78, while in hospice care. Works and publications Monographs Collins, Marva, Bert Kruger Smith, and Charlene Warren. A Conversation with Marva Collins: A Different School. From The Human Condition. Austin, Tex: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, the University of Texas, 1982. Collins, Marva, and Civia Tamarkin. Marva Collins' Way. New York: Putnam, 1990. Foreword by Alex Haley. 2nd ed. Collins, Marva. Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers. Norfolk, VA: Hampton Roads Pub. Co, 1992. Collins, Marva. Values: Lighting the Candle of Excellence: A Practical Guide for the Family. Los Angeles, CA: Dove Books, 1996. Video CBS News. Marva. 60 Minutes. New York: Carousel Films, 1979. Dave Bell Associates. Success! The Marva Collins Approach. Wilmette, Ill: Television Licensing Center, 1984. Collins, Marva. Too Good to Be True? 60 Minutes. New York: CBS Video, 1995. - follow up to original 60 Minutes segment. Robbins, Anthony, Marva Collins, and Peter Lynch. Anthony Robbins' Powertalk! The Power of Life Metaphors. San Diego, CA: Anthony Robbins, 2004. Holzgang, Conrad, Clifford Campion, Peter Levin, Cicely Tyson, and Morgan Freeman. The Marva Collins Story. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2008. Awards 1981: Jefferson Awards for Public Service - Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged 1982: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement 2004: National Endowment for the Humanities - National Humanities Medalist Alpha Kappa Alpha - Honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority References Further reading Davenport, Loretta Powell C. Maria Montessori, A.S. Neill and Marva Collins: Educating the Human Potential. Ph.D. dissertation, Iowa State University: 1987. Collins, P. Kamara Sekou. The School That Cared: A Story of the Marva Collins Preparatory School of Cincinnati. Dallas: University Press of America, 2003. External links Official website 1936 births 2015 deaths African-American educators Schoolteachers from Illinois American women educators Clark Atlanta University alumni People from Monroeville, Alabama People from Chicago National Humanities Medal recipients 20th-century American non-fiction writers American education writers Writers from Alabama Writers from Chicago 20th-century American women writers American women non-fiction writers 20th-century African-American women writers 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women