Teaching left me physically exhausted. I moved from Hong Kong to Los Angeles to work in the film industry instead. It's been ...
"Dead Poet’s Society" (1989): This film was a best-picture nominee in 1989. It is the gold standard for teachers, starring Robin Williams. Williams plays John Keating, a literature teacher who ...
Gym teachers aren’t supposed to be who decides whether students learn sex ed, at least not in New Jersey. Sex education here ...
In a recent interview, Anaswara opened up about the emotional struggles she faced during her school years, revealing the ...
The debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel arrives with some unfair expectations — his grandparents are film legends — but finds a ...
Since the kids are back in school, let’s take a look at some of the best movies about teachers using unorthodox methods to connect with students. The subgenre has been popular since the early da ...
A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a ...
The South Carolina Board of Education voted Tuesday to ban four books from all state schools. This decision has shocked some ...
Movies about inspirational teachers are a well-worn subgenre. Whether it’s “School of Rock” or “Dangerous Minds,” the relationship between a caring teacher and a group of (usually) troubled students o ...
The movie tells the (dubious) story of a former government agent who is trying to save children from sex traffickers in ...
Teachers are effective communicators ... but now I critique screenplays and rough cuts of movies rather than classic literature or coursework essays. I make structural or dialogue tweaks that ...