Movies
A teacher was reprimanded and forced to call several parents to apologize for allowing the horror film “Nightmare on Elm Street” to be shown to her second-grade class, the principal of the Hamlin Street Elementary School in Canoga Park said Friday.
Oct. 3, 1987
It’s a movie set. The scene is the interior of a submarine.
May 23, 1985
California
Education: Police handcuff instructor in front of students when she refused to meet with school officials, who then suspended her. District rule requires permission before such movies may be viewed.
March 7, 2000
In “Dangerous Minds,” a determined but inexperienced white teacher turns around a classroom of hostile, mostly Latino and African American kids by bucking the bureaucracy, introducing them to poetry and to an authority figure who cares.
Aug. 17, 1995
World & Nation
Suspect in Massachusetts teacher’s slaying went to movie, police say
Oct. 24, 2013
From ‘Blackboard Jungle’ to ‘187,’ Hollywood has created classrooms filled with bureaucratic principals, angry students and the maverick teacher who makes a difference.
Aug. 3, 1997
A controversy has erupted in Thousand Oaks over a teacher’s decision to screen “Quest for Fire,” a caveman movie with sex and cannibalism scenes, to a junior high school social studies class.
Oct. 13, 1990
Schools: Districts review R-rated movie policies after teacher disciplined over showing ‘American Beauty.’
March 20, 2000
A Canoga Park teacher has been reprimanded and ordered to call several parents to apologize for showing the horror film “Nightmare on Elm Street” to her second-grade class, the school’s principal said Friday.
A Santa Paula High School English teacher who was reprimanded last week for showing an R-rated movie in class was handcuffed and arrested in front of her students Monday after she refused to leave the classroom for a meeting with school officials.