Movies and TvShows featuring "board-of-education" theme.

In Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, a woman named Deloris Van Cartier is asked to return to her former convent school to help with teaching a rebellious group of students. The students are a mix of different backgrounds and talents, and Deloris must find a way to connect with them and inspire them to come together as a choir. Along the way, she faces challenges such as dealing with the strict Mother Superior and navigating the differences between the school and the urban neighborhood. With the help of music and teamwork, Deloris and the students come together to compete in a singing competition and prove that they are more than what society expects of them.

Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, along with Harvard researcher, Dr. Tony Wagner, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured in a new film, "The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System". In the 60-minute film, Dr. Wagner guides the viewer through an inside look at the world’s finest secondary education system. A life-long educator and author of the best-selling book "The Global Achievement Gap," Dr. Wagner is uniquely qualified to explore and explain Finland’s success. From within classrooms and through interviews with students, teachers, parents, administrators and government officials, Dr. Wagner reveals the surprising factors accounting for Finland’s rank as the #1 education system in the world.

Class Rank is a comedy about the struggle for social change in a high school setting. The movie follows the story of a student who attempts to increase his class ranking in order to make a difference in his school's educational system. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles and forms unexpected relationships.

Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.

The Revisionaries is a thought-provoking documentary about the battle over education standards in Texas, focusing on the State Board of Education and their controversial decisions regarding topics such as evolution, religion, and science. The film raises questions about the separation of church and state, the influence of conservative politics on education, and the impact on students' knowledge and critical thinking skills.

Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!