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 ...

Goose Creek High School language arts teacher Mahwish McIntosh is among 150 teachers from across the U.S. and Canada who provided a voice for Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers.

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, Ill. -- Students in Amy Sitton's English classes at Egyptian High School in Tamms know well the story of Erin Gruwell and her students. They've read her book. They watched Hilary Swank portray ...

At first, some at Lincoln Southeast High School were skeptical. Do you really think you can raise $6,000 to bring two of the original Freedom Writers to speak here? Undeterred, Paul Smith, Jodi Gehr ...

WATSONVILLE — In the next few years, even as soon as three months, students at Moreland Notre Dame School will be undergoing a major transition: They will be starting high school. As the school year ...

Gruwell wrote "The Freedom Writers Diary," the book that was made into a movie starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell, now president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, and motivational speaker Ken Johnson, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stories about dedicated teachers who make a difference in the lives of their students are fairly common, but "Freedom Writers," a ...