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Educator’s resources
We’ve been gathering and posting your ideas and offerings about the best educator resources.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in these works are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
web sites, blogs and other online resources
Alameda County Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership
Americans for the Arts Online Resource Center
Arts Education Partnership (click on “Resources”)
California Alliance for Arts Education
UCLA / IDEA: Institute for Democracy, Education & Access
articles and stories of interest
No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act (PDF)
An Unfinished Canvas. Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policies and Priorities
What the No Child Left Behind Law Means for Your Child
U.S. Eases ‘No Child’ Law as Applied to Some States
artworks about great teachers
Theatre
The History Boys by Alan Bennett
Poetry
Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make”
Movies
Blackboard Jungle (starring Glen Ford)
Coach Carter (starring Samuel L. Jackson)
Conrack (starring John Voight)
The Corn is Green (starring Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn)
Dangerous Minds (starring Michelle Pfeiffer)
Dead Poets Society (starring Robin Williams)
The Emperors Club (Starring Kevin Cline)
Finding Forrester (starring Sean Connery)
Freedom Writers (starring Hilary Swank)
Good Will Hunting (starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams)
Goodbye Mr. Chips (starring Robert Donat)
Hoosiers (starring Gene Hackman)
The King and I (starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner)
Lean on Me (starring Morgan Freeman)
The Miracle Worker (starring Anne Bancroft)
Mona Lisa Smile (starring Julia Roberts)
Mr. Holland’s Opus (starring Richard Dreyfuss)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (starring Maggie Smith)
School of Rock (starring Jack Black)
Sister Act (starring Whoopi Goldberg)
Stand and Deliver (starring Edward James Olmos)
To Sir with Love (starring Sydney Poitier)
Up the Down Staircase (starring Sandy Dennis)
submissions from the field
“Still Segregated, Still Unequal: Analyzing the Impact of No Child Left Behind on African American Students” Knaus, C. B. (2007). State of Black America, 2007. Washington, DC: National Urban League. (PDF)
We welcome other submissions of studies, academic papers and articles. We’re also looking for your input on conferences, events and other social and professional opportunities.
Please e-mail nochild@berkeleyrep.org with your recommendations.
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