Educator and writer Erin Gruwell, the author of a book that inspired the academy award-winning movie, “Freedom Writers,” aims to be a catalyst for change. She will share her experiences as a teacher ...

After seeing the trailer for "Freedom Writers," about an idealistic young teacher in an inner-city school, "people might think, 'I've seen this genre before,' " says Erin Gruwell, "but I think it's ...

As the story of the acclaimed Freedom Writers unfurled on stage, it was clear this wasn’t just another keynote address. Shortly after the Rodney King riots and O.J. Simpson verdict, Erin Gruwell ...

In this moving follow-up to 1999’s The Freedom Writers Diary, educator Gruwell takes a vivid look at the issues facing teenagers today. In 1994, Gruwell drew on the example of Anne Frank’s Holocaust ...

Goose Creek High School language arts teacher Mahwish McIntosh is among 150 teachers from across the U.S. and Canada who provided a voice for Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers.

In 2021, at least 31 U.S. states reported rising high-school dropout rates, over twice that in the previous year. That wouldn’t be as tragic if it weren’t for the fact that graduates are likelier than ...

A group of young, international writers were treated like literary rock stars earlier this week in Long Beach. A couple of hundred people gathered outside the Hotel Maya for the book launch of “Dear ...

When the book “The Freedom Writers Diary” burst on the scene in 1999, sharing the experiences of teacher Erin Gruwell and her Wilson High School English classes, it uncovered both the pain and the ...

The 150 "unteachable" students who Erin Gruwell taught in Room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach aren't teens fighting violence, racism, poverty and gangs anymore. They're adults now.

TAMMS, Ill. -- Students in Amy Sitton's English classes at Egyptian High School in Tamms know well the story of Erin Gruwell and her students. They've read her book. They watched Hilary Swank portray ...