Before Erin Gruwell could even begin sharing her life story Friday at Back Bay High School, students hugged her as they walked into the campus auditorium in Costa Mesa. The UC Irvine alumna shared how ...

Alison takes educator Erin Gruwell to the classroom to find out how she inspires students. Erin Gruwell has received a number of accolades for her expertise in teaching. The impact she's had in the ...

Another movie about a well-meaning, white-bread teacher thrust among the savages? No, not by a long shot. Although "Freedom Writers" is the latest in a long line of saint-saves-students stories, it ...

Erin Gruwell has been molding and teaching young minds for 25 years now and her impact even crossing to other platforms as she was the author of the Freedom Writers Diary. On Monday, August 13, ...

Erin Gruwell walked into a classroom full of students no one believed in. Many were involved in gangs, violence, and had already been written off by the system. Even other teachers told her they would ...

WATSONVILLE — In the next few years, even as soon as three months, students at Moreland Notre Dame School will be undergoing a major transition: They will be starting high school. As the school year ...

Juniors and seniors almost filled the auditorium at Lynn English High School. Nearly all of them were standing, uncharacteristically silent. “Stand up if you know someone who lost their life to ...

Erin Gruwell, the inspiration behind the movie "Freedom Writers" was the guest speaker at the YWCA Women's Luncheon. She challenged audience members to use their time, talents and treasures to change ...

“Freedom Writers” opens with a montage of scenes from Long Beach two years after the Los Angeles riots. Images of gang life and the neighborhoods where members stage their brutal rites float on a ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Teacher Jenni Currie didn't know when she took her students at Vigor High School on a field trip to see the movie "Freedom Writers" in 2007 just how much it would affect her life and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) PLAINS TWP. – Hilary Swank might be an Oscar-winning actress, but it was the teacher she portrayed on screen ...