Movies and TvShows featuring "school-board" theme.
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Ray hears a voice whispering to him, 'If you build it, he will come.' Despite skepticism and opposition, Ray plows under his cornfield to build a baseball field. Soon after, deceased baseball players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox team appear and play on the field. The field attracts public attention and leads Ray on a journey to find 1960s author Terence Mann and 1920s ballplayer Moonlight Graham. Ray's perseverance pays off as he reconnects with his deceased father and opens the field to the public, fulfilling the prophecy of people coming to watch baseball.
In 1980 Queens, New York City, Jewish-American Paul Graff becomes friends with rebellious African-American classmate Johnny. Paul's journey of self-discovery and pursuit of his artistic aspirations in the face of racial inequality and societal expectations is at the heart of this deeply personal coming-of-age story.
Speech & Debate follows three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon, as they discover they are linked by a sex scandal that's rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio's connection grows deeper in this viciously funny, intensely heartfelt story about finding your voice.
During their annual Halloween celebration, the fifth-grade gang embarks on a wild adventure filled with costumes, pranks, and spooky surprises. As they navigate through a haunted house and encounter various challenges, they learn the importance of friendship and teamwork.
In this animated special, Charlie Brown runs for class president against Peppermint Patty. With the help of his friends, Charlie Brown campaigns for votes and faces various challenges along the way.
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.
The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, the children mistake him for a suitor. The children tell abominable lies about Miss Crabtree to try to discourage the man. Meanwhile, one of the children is selling answers to the upcoming oral exam. Unfortunately for the students, the young entrepreneur used a book of minstrelsy and blackface as his source for the "answers".
A fired teacher finds work at a girls reform school and helps a detective on a case.
Avery and Peter face challenges in their marriage, including renovating their dream house and dealing with work pressures. Avery's surprise for Peter adds a new perspective to their relationship.
In 'You're Never Too Young,' a barber named Wilbur has to impersonate a 12-year-old boy and enroll in a girls' school to avoid being drafted into the Army. Along with his friend, he tries to navigate the challenges of attending school while hiding his true identity. The plot takes a comedic turn when they get involved in a jewel robbery and have to save the day.
A popular high school student seems to have it all; a spot on the football team, the love of playing music in the school orchestra and a girlfriend. His world seems to come apart when the school doctor discovers he is partially deaf, causing him to be cut from the football team on the advice of the doctor. The student's friends fight to keep him on the team; while he struggles with his problem by withdrawing from everything he loves and starts falling in with the wrong crowd.
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
In 'Alternative Math,' a math teacher becomes the target of controversy when her unorthodox teaching methods and her denial of scientific facts clash with the school board and parents. This satirical short film explores the absurdities of our modern society through the lens of an elementary school math class.
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handicap. But with Rusty's help, the girl gains a new lease on life and agrees to adopt a seeing-eye dog.
Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman collaborated on this nudie classic that features the stunning Rusty Allen as a teacher who must defend herself against the school board after they find her naked in a nudist colony's magazine. Allen argues that the sun is a source of happiness and morality. The institute's lawyer decides to investigate for himself, and soon everyone is swimming, playing volleyball, and more, all sans clothes.
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
A new generation of activists takes up the campaign for gay and lesbian equality.