Revealing America’s Classroom Fetish in FX’s A Teacher

Hannah Fidell uncovers an abuse of trust

"...A teacher sleeps with a student. The headline always leads to..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Teacher’s Helper

Online lesson-sharing sees global growth

"...The demands on teachers' time are legion, but a burgeoning online movement is..."

March 7, 2014 News Post by Rod Machen

Hot for Teacher

History's sexy at UT Informal Classes

"...others have. When you throw this stuff to the English blues players, they don't know what to do with..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fist Fight

A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit

"...premise can be boiled down to its hashtag – #teacherfight – Fist Fight aims for nothing more than fleeting..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freedom Writers

Although based on a true story, this is another movie in which the cute white lady goes into an irascible high school and makes everybody love learnin'.

"...Lee Hernandez and Jason Finn. The success story of English teacher Erin Gruwell (Swank) and her students in Room..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

In the Cut

Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut dulls its cutting edge.

"...entered this world through the perspective of Frannie, an English teacher and writer, whose particular study of interest is..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oh Lucy!

Japanese/U.S. identity comedy.

"...a maid cafe hostess who convinces her to take English lessons from a guy called Joe (Hartnett). Nothing about..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Penguin Lessons

A teacher learns life lessons from a South American penguin

"...penguin caught in an oil spill who befriends an English teacher in Argentina and teaches him valuable life lessons...."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Iron & Silk

"...beautifully. Salzman, playing himself, arrives in China to teach English to a group of weary-looking adults who have been..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Left Behind

AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"

"...It's third period at Webb Middle School, and seventh-grade English teacher Patrick Harboure is at the blackboard, listing everything..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Pearce Gets a New Principal

High test scores at what cost?

"...the students are "economically disadvantaged," and nearly 30% are non-English speakers. Enrollment is shrinking (555 students projected this fall..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what they told us. When Teachers Are the Ones Being Tested..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Rebecca Mieliwocki: Making Teaching Joyous

The National Teacher of the Year becomes an accidental spokesperson

"..."Hi, this is Rebecca Mieliwocki, national teacher of the year."..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Far and Away the Best

"...history. Right now, she's in the middle of an English literature course, and Spanish III, and loving it...."

July 9, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...spots that sometimes verge on neo-soul.  – Julian Towers English Teacher..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...fall, Ben wrote a letter to each of his teachers and the school counselors. "I am reaching out to..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bruised Egos

Fourth Place

"...I knew Mr. McGinty wouldn't be like our other teachers. Maybe it was because he was Australian, a foreigner...."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Jackie Dana

In & Out

"...of his generation. Kline plays Howard Brackett, a small-town English teacher whose Oscar-winning former student (Dillon) lauds him on..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

On Chesil Beach

Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.

"...desperation, as Pink Floyd so adroitly observed, is the English way, and Ian McEwan's 2007 Booker short-listed novel On..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Words and Pictures

The story is rather creaky, but who cares when the actors Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche are so sublime together?

"...Jack Marcus (Owen) teaches honors English at a private prep school. Many years ago, he..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nathaniel and Li'l Nate

The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II

"...Life seemed full of promise for Sanders, said his English teacher, Kristy Reeves. "He had a light about him,..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Write of Passage

As Austin upstart Badgerdog Literary Publishing prepares to relaunch 'American Short Fiction,' it's preparing high-needs students to express themselves on the printed page

"...one ear and out the other," says Reagan High English teacher Angela Gatto, whose experience as a YVI partner..."

May 13, 2005 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

Bossa Nova

"...life to director Barreto) plays Mary Ann, a widowed teacher of English in Rio, who almost, but not quite,..."

June 2, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Imaginary Crimes

"...aberrant but love-filled home-life provides rich material for Sonya's English class essays, and her teacher, played charismatically by D'Onofrio,..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AISD Students Can Learn From Home. Teachers Have Fewer Options.

Big mess on campus

"...the news article, which, for her and many fellow teachers, was the first confirmation that returning would be mandatory..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...myself whenever I walk into the studio-cum-office of Marc English Design, because in truth, this sudden border crossing is..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rethinking Reagan ... and LBJ

AISD searches for student and community involvement in high school redesign program

"...students gathered around four tables in room 341, an English and filmmaking room lined with computers and decorated with..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Shining Star Goes Dark

A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.

"...scene inside Reagan's Old Mall was chaotic. Students and teachers were "screaming, crying, and hollering," they said -- no..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Theatre Review: Exit Strategy

Or, how one scrappy school strives for salvation

"...There’s a controversial saying about teachers: “A good teacher is like a candle – they..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

The Power of Poetry

Johnston High English teacher makes poets out of school's urban immigrant youths

"...twice a week after school in the room of English teacher Camille DePrang and wrote poetry. These are not..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

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