The documentary To Be and To Have follows the daily life of a one-room primary school in a tiny French village. Thirteen children, ranging in age from four to eleven, learn to read, write, cook, and get along with each other...
Winner of the Palme D'Or at Cannes, The Class is a fictionalized account of teacher and novelist François Marin's experience teaching at a tough, multicultural Paris high school. Marin plays François Begaudeau, a strict, patient teacher who struggles to create an atmosphere of respect in the classroom, even as students defy him and argue with each other...
Jason McElway, an autistic high school student, assisted his coach as the basketball team manager for years. At the last game of the season, the coach put him on the court, and he surpassed all expectations, shooting six three point shots.
This parody of the classic movie Twelve Angry Men depicts a group of teachers meeting to decide whether to give tenure to a young science teacher who uses non-traditional teaching methods. The majority of the teachers at the meeting believe that only the methods that they’ve been using for the last 25 years are effective but are open to being convinced otherwise...
Dallas 5th-grader Dalton Sherman believes that teachers can inspire children to pursue their dreams--and he is living proof. The 10 year old orator spoke in front of a crowd of 17,000 at the beginning of school pep rally in 2008, and his spirited tribute to teachers left the audience cheering.
The suicide rate is growing among Mumbai students, and the pressure to succeed in school and get into a good college seems to be responsible. Some blame the education system, which values rote learning and a grueling work ethic over personal well being.
In this clip from the film Dead Poets Society, a teacher at a private school teaches a class on Walt Whitman. His teasing, enthusiastic attitude encourages a shy student to open up and express himself.
This video, made by a South Carolina middle school teacher, was created “to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways and…to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so...
Poet and former teacher Taylor Mali riffs on the theme “What Do Teachers Make? While they may not “make” a great deal in terms of financial reward, with passion, conviction, and humor, he presents the case that they “make a difference...
In this clip from Stand and Deliver, a student tries to finish a calculus problem and admits defeat. The teacher makes fun of his struggle and refuses to let him give up. Meanwhile, another student who comes in late receives no sympathy either, although he is clearly upset about something.
