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- Good Will Hunting. Year: 1997. Rated: R. Actors: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgard. Genre: Drama. A janitor at M.I.T. is discovered to be a mathematical genius after solving a graduate-level equation nobody else has been able to.
- Freedom Wr iters. Year: 2007. Rated: PG-13. Actors: Hilary Swank, Scott Glen, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Mario. Genre: Drama. A young English teacher takes a job teaching at-risk students at a high school where racial tensions run high and gangs are ever-present.
- Race to Nowhere. Year: 2009. Rated: PG-13. Directors: Vicki Abeles, Jessica Congdon. Genre: Documentary. The idea for this powerful documentary came about after Vicki Abeles’ middle-school daughter became physically ill from the pressure to succeed.
- Lean on Me. Year: 1989. Rated: PG-13. Actors: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume. Genre: Drama/Action. New Jersey’s Eastside High School is a derelict war zone with rampant violence, drugs, gangs, and a student body that isn’t learning.
1. Dead Poets Society. 1989 2h 8m PG. 8.1 (549K) Rate. 79 Metascore. Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression. Director Peter Weir Stars Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke. 2.
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- Good Will Hunting. Actors: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck. Genre: Drama. Year: 1997. Rated: R. This drama uncovers the story of a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an exceptional knack for math and who can solve complex equations.
- Wonder. Actors: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay. Genre: Drama, Family. Year: 2017. Rated: PG. Wonder is a heartwarming tale of a boy with facial differences attending mainstream school for the first time.
- Dangerous Minds. Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance. Genre: Drama. Year: 1995. Rated: R. Set in a tough inner-city school, Dangerous Minds follows the story of a former Marine who becomes a teacher.
- The Paper Chase. Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Graham Beckel, Timothy Bottoms. Genre: Drama. Year: 1973. Rated: PG. The Paper Chase tells an intense story of a freshman at Harvard Law School.
Jan 6, 2008 · 'The Great Debaters': A Challenge to Higher Education. By News. “The banquet of my Wiley years was the tutelage of Tolson.” -- James Farmer, Lay Bare the Heart. Over the holidays, many may have gone to the theater to see The Great Debaters, the major motion picture from Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey.
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Aug 26, 2011 · These are the top 20 movies every educator should watch. While every movie is not specifically about educators, there is definitely something to take away from each.
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Mar 16, 2024 · Explore the top 10 Netflix original educational documentary movies that inspire and teach, from student life to global challenges.
Aug 13, 2013 · 1. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Burton and Taylor, boozy and still boozing; professorial ambitions, pretenses, and politics, all in unsparing black and white. 2. Wild Strawberries: Ingmar Bergman’s meditation on mortality, focusing on an elderly, former professor. 3.
