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Conrack. 1974.
Based on Pat Conroy’s The Water is Wide. Gentle moving
story about a white school teacher who works with a group
of African-American youngsters off the coast of South Carolina.
Dangerous Minds. 1995.
Based on an incredible true life story of a first-time high
school teacher assigned to a class of tough, but intelligent,
inner-city students.
Dead Poets Society.
1989.
English teacher at a boy’s school inspires a love for
literature and life in his students.
Lean on Me. 1989.
A true story about a high school principal brought in as a
last hope for the salvation of Eastside High School in Paterson,
N.J.
Mr. Holland’s Opus.
1995.
A passionate musician reluctantly accepts a position as a
high school music teacher, only to come to the realization
that teaching is his true passion.
Music of the Heart.
1999.
True story of one music teacher's efforts to create a violin
program in a New York City school.
October Sky. 1999.
Teacher inspires student from coal mining town o follow his
passion for rocket building.
Stand and Deliver.
1987.
Inspiring true story of Jaime Escalante's success in teaching
calculus in inner-city Los Angeles.
To Sir with Love. 1967.
Also based on a true story, about a black teacher's first
year of teaching in an impoverished London neighborhood.
Up the Down Staircase.
1967.
Film based on Bel Kaufman's perceptive best-selling novel
about the experiences of a young teacher in a New York City
high school.
Finding Forrester.
2000.
A young Black inner-city student befriends a recluse writer
who then helps him survive his move to an elite private school.
Short stories and Novels
about teachers and teaching:
"The Kind of Light That
Shines in Texas"
"Old Horse"
Lessons Before Dying.
Ernest Gaines
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