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Actress April Lee Hernandez Is Pregnant! (EXCLUSIVE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Celebrity Pregnancies, Dexter, Video, Cultura, Pregnant, Slidepollajax, Celebrity Pregnancy, Freedom Writers, April Lee Hernandez, Latino Voices News

Congratulations are in order for April Lee Hernandez! The Puerto Rican actress, who is best known for her roles in "Freedom Writers" and TV's "Dext...

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Measure for Mis-Measure with New York City Teacher Assessments

Alan Singer | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Michael Winerip, Michael Bloomberg, Teacher Assessment, Standardized Testing, New York Times, Shakespeare, Freedom Writers, New York City, New York, Education News
Alan Singer

Maybe New Yorkers can find a way to force Cuomo and Bloomberg to be honest about the politicalization of education in New York City and State and its negative impact on schools, teachers, and children.

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Lessons From Educators on the Big Screen Part I

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: School Reform, Teachers, Educators in the Movies, Hollywood, Inspirational Movies, Dead Poets Society, Up the Down Staircase, Education Movies, To-Sir-With-Love, Dangerous Minds, Lean on Me, Freedom Writers, Education News
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.

The factor that ultimately determines how successful a student will become academically is the teacher(s) that they are assigned to.

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Why We Need to Stop Dissing The Help

Lois Alter Mark | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: The Help, Freedom Writers, The Blind Side, Stories From an Undeclared War, Culture News
Lois Alter Mark

With countless books and movies sexualizing women and depicting graphic violence, why are so many people focusing their energies on firing away at The Help?

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Time, President Obama, Time Magazine, Randi Weingarten, No Child Left Behind, Teach for America, Teacher Unions, Teacher, Barack Obama, Freedom Writers, Newsweek, Jonathan Alter, Dangerous Minds, Education Reform, Wendy Kopp, Washington University, Media News
Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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Freedom Banned

Richard LaGravenese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Amnesty International Freedom Writers, Long Beach, Holocaust, Anne Frank, Hilary Swank, Books, Shakespeare, Censorship, Freedom Writers, Media News
Richard LaGravenese

In Perry, Indiana, the School Board has suspended a teacher for allowing her students to read The Freedom Writers Diary. How can it be that they did not see the value of the lessons to be learned?

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10 Recent Releases That Inspire Social Change

TakePart.com | Nicole Hughes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Giving Life, Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man, This Is England, Helvetica, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington?, Protagonist, Into Great Silence, Ten Canoes, No End in Sight, Freedom Writers, Peaceful Warrior, Movies and Social Change, Healthy Living News

Can movies inspire real change? Of course they can! Films change people, who in turn change the world. Although most folks go to the movies for entert...

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