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 ...

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 - A writing assignment in a supplemental English class at Egyptian High School prompted a visit from an award-winning educator who brought an inspirational message of hope and determination.

WATERVLIET, N.Y. – Watervliet ninth-graders joined their peers from the Cohoes, Lansingburgh and Waterford-Halfmoon school districts this week for an inspirational message shared by acclaimed educator ...

MACON — Sharaud Moore started his talk at Meridian High School with some poetry. “Out of the night that covers me,/Black as the Pit from pole to pole,/I thank whatever gods may be/For my unconquerable ...

Tory Villamonte was a freshman in Paul Smith’s English class at Crete High School when she first learned about the Freedom Writers. The class was doing a unit on “The Freedom Writers Diary,” the 1999 ...

FITCHBURG — Monty Tech students recently learned how a teacher from California used unconventional methods to turn lives around for students who many deemed “unteachable” and doomed to lives of ...

MTV Productions has become a surrealist artisan master at exploiting the nation’s youth, and “Freedom Writers” is a prime example. The story of a Caucasian woman turned inspirational saint to ...

On April 17, 2007, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Freedom Writers on DVD. The drama about a high school teacher that puts a stop to gang violence throughout the school will feature tons of ...

There’s one major thing wrong with Freedom Writers: Hilary Swank reminding us that before she was an A-lister, she was The Next Karate Kid. Swank waxes on the enthusiasm a bit thick in this run-of-the ...