The Guinea Pig (1948)

In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literature teacher reminisces the past year and wonders what will become of the students he cared for as if they were his children.

El guión, basado en el libro homónimo escrito por el periodista y profesor Marco Lodoli, está protagonizado por una serie de personajes con distintos puntos de vista sobre el instituto. Dos destacan por encima del resto. Uno de ellos es el joven profesor Prezioso, idealista y obstinado, que sirve de contrapunto para el insolente desencanto del otro, el también profesor, aunque más veterano, Fiorito. El primero piensa que puede cambiar el mundo; el segundo, que los jóvenes no entienden nada de nada. La rigurosa directora del instituto, Giuliana, está convencida de que "en el centro hay un dentro y un fuera y nosotros tenemos que ocuparnos sólo de lo que pasa dentro", pero luego es la primera que se interesa por sus alumnos más allá de los límites del instituto.

Documentary warning about the decline of American public schools as they become more and more privatized.

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.

Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.

The purpose of Rise Above the Mark, narrated by Peter Coyote, is to educate the general public about the “corporate takeover” of Indiana public schools and what parents, community members and educators can do to protect their local public schools. Legislators are calling the shots and putting public schools in an ever-shrinking box. WLCSC Board of School Trustees and Superintendent of Schools, Rocky Killion, want to secure resources and legislative relief necessary to achieve the school district’s mission of creating a world-class educational system for all children. The school district’s strategic plan will introduce a model of education that puts decision making back into the hands of local communities and public school teachers, rather than leaving it in the hands of legislators and ultimately lining the pockets of corporations.

"Bulletproof" observes the age-old rituals that take place daily in American schools: homecoming parades, basketball practice, morning announcements, and math class. Unfolding alongside these scenes are an array of newer traditions: lockdown drills, teacher firearm trainings, metal detector inspections, and school safety trade shows. This documentary weaves together these moments in a cinematic meditation on fear, violence, and the meaning of safety, bringing viewers into intimate proximity with the people self-tasked with protecting the nation's children while generating revenue along the way, as well as with those most deeply impacted by these heightened security measures: students and teachers.

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.

In this two-hour special, NOVA captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania in one of the latest battles over teaching evolution in public schools. Featuring trial reenactments based on court transcripts and interviews with key participants, including expert scientists and Dover parents, teachers, and town officials, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" follows the celebrated federal case of Kitzmiller v. Dover School District.

The lowest paid teachers in the nation are in the middle of a statewide walkout in Oklahoma. From start to finish, Walkout follows the teachers as they get organized and demand raises from their state legislature. From crowded classrooms to a packed state capitol, Walkout offers an in-depth, personal look at the latest strike at the heart of a nationwide movement for education funding.

Filmed in September 1993, this documentary is about young boys starting boarding prep school. It features Nick Duffell of Boarding School Survivors talking about surviving boarding school and his work with former boarders. It is the earliest example of a TV documentary about “modern” boarding, and was for many the first impetus to recognise and seek help to overcome the legacies of the boarding experience.

An American elementary school program from the 1970s, Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), looked to the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic to help students see their own society in a new way. At its core was The Netsilik Film Series, an acclaimed benchmark of visual anthropology from the National Film Board that captured a year in the life of an Inuit family, reconstructing an ancient culture on the cusp of contact with the outside world. But the graphic images of the Netsilik people created a clash of values that tore rifts in communities across the U.S. and revealed a fragile relationship between politics and education. A fiery national debate ensued between academic and conservative forces.

Sunwoo (Lee Byung-hun) es el gerente de un hotel y también es la mano derecha de un mafioso local llamado Kang (Kim Young-chul). El día que éste le ordena que vigile a su prometida, de la que sospecha pueda estar viéndose con otro hombre, su suerte cambiará para siempre. Enamorado en secreto de la chica, Sunwoo decide perdonar la vida de su amante aunque eso provocará las iras de su jefe, con consecuencias dolorosas.

Josie Geller trabaja como correctora en un importante periódico, aunque lo que realmente desea es convertirse en periodista. De pronto se le presenta la oportunidad que tanto había estado esperando: su primer trabajo como reportera, en el que deberá infiltrarse en un instituto. Allí revivirá su frustrada adolescencia, pero también conocerá a un profesor que la ayudará a integrarse.

Chris Vaughn (The Rock) es un soldado retirado de las fuerzas especiales del ejército americano que vuelve a su hogar natal para volver a empezar de nuevo. Pero mientras él estuvo fuera, su ciudad se convirtió en un sitio peligroso y con mucha criminalidad. Uno de los culpables de ese cambio es el acaudalado Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough), su rival en el instituto. A Chris, que regresaba con la intención de recuperar sus viejas relaciones y construir una nueva vida, lo que se encuentra no es lo que recordaba y luchará, bate en mano, para poner las cosas en su sitio.

El honrado e inocente Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) es traicionado por su mejor amigo (Guy Pearce) y encerrado de por vida en las mazmorras de la fortaleza de la isla de If. Con el paso de los años va cambiando y elabora los más despiadados planes de venganza. Tras una milagrosa fuga, Edmond se convierte en el misterioso y acaudalado Conde de Montecristo, y se introduce en los círculos de la nobleza francesa para llevar a cabo sus proyectos.

Texas. Una joven casada y muy seductora cae en brazos de Ray, uno de los empleados de su marido. Enterado por un detective privado de la infidelidad de su mujer y obsesionado por la traición, Julián se decide a preparar el asesinato de ambos.

La organización terrorista IRA secuestra a un soldado británico. Durante su confinamiento, el prisionero entabla amistad con Fergus, uno de los terroristas, y le pide que, si lo matan, vaya a ver a su novia. Más tarde, Fergus, huyendo de sus compañeros, acude al pub donde trabaja Dil, la novia del soldado británico.

Scott Calvin es el padre divorciado de Charlie. La relación entre ellos se ha vuelto insoportable, pero en Nochebuena Santa Claus muere al caer del techo de su casa. Con la ayuda de Charlie, Scott será capaz de reemplazarle temporalmente.