Educator and writer Erin Gruwell, the author of a book that inspired the academy award-winning movie, “Freedom Writers,” aims to be a catalyst for change. She will share her experiences as a teacher ...

Goose Creek High School language arts teacher Mahwish McIntosh is among 150 teachers from across the U.S. and Canada who provided a voice for Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers.

In "Freedom Writers," Hilary Swank plays a bright-eyed, enthusiastic teacher who skips into a slummy, scummy school crawling with seemingly impenetrable gangster kids. Through psychology and bizarre ...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Students in Amy Sitton's English classes at Egyptian High School in Tamms know well the story of Erin Gruwell and her students. They've read her book. They watched Hilary Swank portray ...

WATSONVILLE — In the next few years, even as soon as three months, students at Moreland Notre Dame School will be undergoing a major transition: They will be starting high school. As the school year ...

The event features a keynote address by Reyes, the presumably “unteachable” former juvenile gang member who was featured in the best-selling book The Freedom Writers Diary and whose ultimate success ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stories about dedicated teachers who make a difference in the lives of their students are fairly common, but "Freedom Writers," a ...

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Any film with an earnest message about education automatically gets moved to the head of the class, and from there only gets moved back by earning demerits for indiscretions like bad acting, ...

"The Freedom Writers Diary" is co-authored by 150 students — once labeled "at-risk" and "unteachable" in Long Beach, California — who transform their lives through writing. Erin Gruwell, the teacher ...

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