A Florida, durant la dècada dels cinquanta, un grup de murris adolescents que van junts a l'escola descobreixen el sexe i l'amor. Per deixar anar les seves necessitats intenten entrar a Porky's, un local de contactes, però, en negar-los l'entrada l'amo de l'establiment, conceben tota mena de gamberrades contra ell. A partir de llavors li faran la vida impossible per aconseguir tenir accés a les noies.

Un soldat veterà accepta una ocupació com a professor en un conflictiu col·legi públic. De seguida comprèn que no serà una tasca fàcil guanyar-se el respecte dels alumnes, alguns dels quals són delinqüents en potència. Tot i que l'ambient és poc propici, està decidit a treballar de valent per fer dels seus alumnes homes de profit.

Alfred Kinsey va ser un home que, l'any 1948, va canviar radicalment la cultura dels Estats Units publicant un llibre sobre la conducta sexual. Kinsey i els seus col·laboradors van entrevistar milers de persones i els van fer un qüestionari sobre els seus aspectes més íntims. Aquest treball va provocar un debat intens i va sacsejar la societat nord-americana, tradicional i puritana.

A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.

La veritable il·lusió d'en Holland és compondre una simfonia memorable. Però descobreix que la seva autèntica vocació és compartir amb els seus alumnes el seu amor per la música. Centenars d'estudiants es contagiaran d'aquesta passió que omplirà les seves vides i Holland comprendrà que el seu llegat és més gran del que mai s'hauria imaginat.

El Keith va escriure el guió d'una pel·lícula que tothom recorda, però la seva estrella s'ha anat apagant i, com que no troba ningú que el vulgui de guionista, ha d'acceptar una feina de professor en una universitat perduda a l'altra punta del país. Comença a fer classes amb la idea que mirar d'ensenyar a escriure als altres és perdre el temps i no hi posa gens d'interès. De mica en mica, gràcies als estudiants, s'ho comença a passar bé explicant per què escriu i com s'ha de fer un bon guió. Llavors, un dia, li surt l'oportunitat de tornar a Hollywood.

When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production.

Jean Hansen (Judy Garland) és professora de música en un col·legi infantil per a deficients mentals. Allà coneix Reuben, un nen amb problemes que els seus pares no visiten des de fa anys. Jean el satisfarà d'atencions i mims malgrat que el director del centre (Burt Lancaster) considera que la seva actitud és contraproduent.

Melanie is married to Tom, a controlling, cold and self-centered man who happens to be a prison warden. He finds her to be a liability to his career aspirations and secretly plans to have her kidnapped and killed, by Jack, a dangerous inmate.

An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.

Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.

Kickboxing champion B.J. is jailed for an accidental murder thanks to the testimony of his arch-nemesis Denard. A year later, B.J. is released and then challenged by Denard for $100,000. Will B.J. accept and get even with Denard?

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate taking place over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United States.

A teacher uses new methods to captivate his audience. Some kids take it too far, some colleagues are worried traditional ways are going to be lost... but eventually, everything turns out OK.

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.

A teacher in a disadvantaged community rebels against a system that neglects many of its vulnerable students. Gloria Merriex transforms into a trailblazer, using rap, dance and other innovations to enable children to thrive in school—and beyond.

As the narrator explains, educating children is one of the most important things today and the heroic man who takes on this role is "the school teacher" (Goofy, naturally). After taking role call, Goofy tries to teach the class but keeps having to deal with a mischievous trouble-maker named George who enjoys sneaking out of class to go fishing, eating the teacher's apple, squeaking chalk, making faces while teacher gives a geography lesson, and terrorizing the other students with his water pistol. In the end, George's mischief goes too far when he destroys the school with an exploding bomb and is forced to write "I will not bomb the school again" 100 times!