Jan 05, 2007 · Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn. A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
Erin Gruwell is an American teacher known for her unique teaching method, which led to the publication of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The 2007 film Freedom Writers is based on her story.
Erin Gruwell married Scott Casey on August 16, 1990; their marriage lasted 4 years till August 16, 1994.
1994:
Gruwell began student teaching in 1994 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California.
1998:
In 1998, after teaching for only four years, Gruwell left Wilson High School and became a Distinguished Teacher in Residence at California State University, Long Beach.
1999:
The Freedom Writers Diary written by Erin Gruwell was first published on October 12, 1999.
2008:
Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from The Freedom Writers written by Erin Gruwell was first published on January 15, 2008.
2009:
Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell written by Erin Gruwell was first published on August 18, 2009.
It's 1994 in Long Beach, California. Idealistic Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job, that as freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, which, two years…
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Who were the Freedom Writers?
Who were the Freedom Writers?
Freedom Writers is a drama based on the book “The freedom writers’ diary” by Erin Gruwell and her students at the Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in California.
It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California.
The movie “The Freedom Writers” is based on the true story of Erin Gruwell’s English classes at Wilson High, an integrated school with students of all racial and cultural backgrounds. As a new teacher she is given the lowest achieving students.