Movies and TvShows featuring "school-system" theme.

Based on a true story, 'Bad Education' follows the superintendent of a Long Island school district as he embezzles millions of dollars and covers up his tracks, all while a student reporter uncovers the truth.

P.R.O.F.S. is a comedy set in a Paris suburb that follows a group of teachers in a high school. The film satirizes the school system and explores the dynamics of teacher-student relationships. The story revolves around the hilarious and absurd situations that arise in their lives, including literature and art teachers, a librarian, and a professor. As the plot unfolds, the teachers navigate through different challenges, including a pool, an asylum, and even a hairy bush. The film also includes scenes of talking during sex and a female-female kiss. With its humorous approach, P.R.O.F.S. sheds light on the complexities of teaching in a unique and entertaining way.

School Pride is an American reality television series which airs on NBC, from executive producers Cheryl Hines and Denise Cramsey. The 7-episode series follows the renovation of a different public school each week. The aired from October 15, 2010 to November 26, 2010. The premiere episode earned 2.90 million viewers.

College Girls is a Channel 4 documentary series, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 8 September 2002. The documentary followed the lives of six students who studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, the last remaining single-sex college at the University of Oxford, between 1998 and 2001.

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance policies are used to justify suspension and arrests that set up a pathway to send children of color and children with special needs from school to prison. Children are being suspended, restrained, dragged, physically manhandled, and subsequently arrested for minor offenses such as throwing candy on a school bus. These personal accounts from people affected by the school-to-prison pipeline give riveting tales about the generational impact on society.

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.

A young man's search for understanding leads to abduction and tragedy.

A City Decides chronicles the events that led to the integration of the St. Louis public schools in 1954. An Oscar-nominated short documentary from 1956.

Stolen Education is a documentary that tells the story of the Mexican-American students who fought for equal education in 1950s Texas. Focusing on a landmark court case and the racial segregation and discrimination they faced, the film explores the triumphs and defeats of the fight for desegregation.

At the age of 13, Robin drops out of school. His grades are inadequate, even at a special school, and to make matters worse, his health continues to deteriorate. That was over 20 years ago. Today he runs his own hair salon.

A documentary set in Montreal Quebec, about teenagers in a French high school that are about to finish their senior year. A film depicting the Quebec educational system, the social climate of the province and the daunting task teachers face everyday in this public school system.