Fairuz, a seventh-grade student from the Hatikva neighborhood, attends a school for children of immigrant and asylum-seeking parents. When Fairuz experiences a crisis in her studies, her teacher, Dodi, does not let her give up until she achieves success. The film won second prize for documentary in the Wim Van Leer Competition for High School Students. The prize is sponsored by the David Herman Film Award.
Fairuz, a seventh-grade student from the Hatikva neighborhood, attends a school for children of immigrant and asylum-seeking parents. When Fairuz experiences a crisis in her studies, her teacher, Dodi, does not let her give up until she achieves success. The film won second prize for documentary in the Wim Van Leer Competition for High School Students. The prize is sponsored by the David Herman Film Award.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.