Rod Paige: Behaviorist?

When we discussed Rod Paige's comments about how "all children can learn," putting blame for failure entirely on teachers not doing their jobs, I couldn't help but think of some of BF Skinner's work on behaviorism.

Obviously, the focal point of behavioral learning theory deals with reinforcement, but the underlying belief of Skinner's was that students can learn anything. Skinner said something along the lines of "give me a student and I'll shape him into anything" (I can't find the exact quote from my Educational Psychology notes, but I found that quote online), essentially disregarding any innate differences in children and believing they can be shaped into whatever the teacher desires. It is implied that, if a teacher wants their students to learn and apply knowledge, that teacher could get the desired behaviors from their students. If those students do not exhibit the desired behaviors, it was the fault of the teacher. This is what Skinner's most ardent followers believed: if a student wasn't learning, a teacher wasn't teaching.

I wonder if Paige subscribed to Skinner's school of thought. After all, Skinner was a very influential thinker in the 20th century. Although behavioral learning theory, in its purest form, has been criticized severely over the decades, I'm curious if any of the core concepts were sources of inspiration for Paige's beliefs on education.