El film està inspirat en la vida real del controvertit entrenador de bàsquet Ken Carter, que en el segon any a l'Institut Richmond de Califòrnia, i amb un equip imbatut amb 13 victòries, va decidir que els seus jugadors no jugarien els propers dos partits i en el seu lloc estudiarien per als exàmens trimestrals pel baix nivell acadèmic que tenien.
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. She was the first person Harris and Klebold saw in their desire to kill as many people as possible, not because she was religious, as this movie will have you believe.
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Deaf-mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf-and-dumb. In navigating through the school's hierarchy, he encounters a corrupt underbelly of criminality, known as The Tribe. By participating in several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization, when he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anya, and unwittingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the group.
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!
Un arrogant i poc ortodox professor torna com a director a un institut d'on uns anys abans va ser acomiadat. Ha estat cridat per un vell amic, Frank Napier, un inspector escolar, per dur a terme una reforma interna a l'institut Paterson, considerada la pitjor escola de Nova Jersey, un niu de delinqüents juvenils i de traficants de drogues. El director recent, Joe Clark, té la tasca impossible d'imposar disciplina abans que l'Estat deixi sense poder el consell escolar i assumeixi les competències. El seu càrrec es farà indefinit si aconsegueix que els alumnes passin els exàmens finals, però els mètodes poc convencionals l'enfronten amb gran part de la comunitat.
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Seqüela de la pel·lícula de George Lucas "American Graffiti". L'acció es desenvolupa simultàniament en quatre èpoques, entre el 1964 i el 1969, tenint com a escenari l'Amèrica de la guerra del Vietnam, del moviment hippie, de la revolució estudiantil i del començament d'un moviment de desencís davant del futur. A finals de 1964, John va ser assassinat per un conductor borratxo. Steve i Laurie són una parella que viu en un estat de tensió permanent, perquè mentre que ella vol estudiar una carrera, ell vol que es limiti a ser una perfecta mare i esposa. A través de la música, Debbie i Carol s'han introduït al moviment hippi. Per la seva banda, Terry "El Gripau" Fields ha desaparegut en combat al Vietnam, poc després que Joe Young, el líder dels Faraons, li prometés incloure'l a la banda quan tornessin de la guerra.
Durant un projecte setmanal, el professor Rainer Wenger ensenya als estudiants de la seva classe el tema de la forma de govern. Els estudiants es mostren escèptics davant de la idea que pogués tornar una dictadura com la del tercer reich a l'Alemanya dels nostres dies i que ja no hi ha perill que el nacionalsocialisme torni a fer-se amb el poder. El professor decideix començar un experiment amb els seus alumnes per demostrar com és de fàcil manipular les masses.
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Als 16 anys, Tim és un jove tímid, brillant i amb un talent esportiu natural. Víctima d'assetjament escolar i incapaç d'acceptar la seva orientació sexual, plantarà cara als assetjadors després d'un tràgic succés que marcarà profundament la seva vida i l'empenyerà a desafiar els seus límits.
When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon shipped him off to one of the toughest youth welfare institutions in Freistatt. This was followed by a career as a bouncer in the city's most notorious music club and an attempt to start a family. Today, the 77-year-old from Bielefeld lives with his dog Lucky in a lonely house in the country. Despite adverse living conditions, he has survived in his own unique and inimitable way.
As Jordan and his teacher's escalating struggle in their high school class leads to his arrest, the pressures they each bear are revealed.
An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts a war between him and the informal leader of the class.
Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Surya is the son of a local don, and studies at the Chengalpet Matriculation School. His mother who is separated from her criminal husband wants him to grow up as a model citizen. Surya who is attached to his mother gives a promise that he will not take the path to violence again, and is admitted to the up market Lake View School in Ooty, described by its principal as the "Best School in south Asia". Surya is looked down by his snooty seniors led by Rohit and his gang. The only person who stands with him is Babloo, and the principal's daughter Tanya who has a soft corner for him. Under extreme provocation, Surya keeps his cool as he tries to live up to his mother's expectations. However he breaks down after Babloo is murdered, and goes on a revenge spree. The film ends on a tragic note, as the message of the film is conveyed.