A new book is spotlighting the stories of Bronx youth and their journeys through abuse, foster care and incarceration into ...

Memorable quote: “You can’t make someone want education.” Another one of our movies based on true stories, Freedom Writers ...

Erin Gruwell challenges her high school students, who hate each other because of their race, to face one another and put aside their differences. In Room 203, she wishes them together as one.

Set in the early 1990s in the Los Angeles area, "Freedom Writers" is a tribute to teacher Erin Gruwell, who when confronted with dangerous minds in this blackboard jungle, stands and delivers so ...

Erin Gruwell, the inspiration behind the movie "Freedom Writers" was the guest speaker at the YWCA Women's Luncheon. She challenged audience members to use their time, talents and treasures to ...

Parents need to know that Freedom Writers is a 2007 movie in which Hilary Swank plays an idealistic young white teacher who inspires a group of "at-risk" students of color to believe in themselves.

Rise Indy's Freedom Readers program promotes literacy in Indianapolis schools, teaching parents the science of reading and making learning fun for kids. 81° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

Erin also founded the Freedom Writers Foundation, and earlier this spring visited USD, where she spread the message of her amazing students and what they accomplished — and still accomplishing — in ...

Erin Gruwell, a former English teacher whose story of working with troubled students in a California high school was the basis of the 2007 film "Freedom Writers," will speak at Stockton University ...