Educator and writer Erin Gruwell, the author of a book that inspired the academy award-winning movie, “Freedom Writers,” aims to be a catalyst for change. She will share her experiences as a teacher ...

In spite of the odds, sometimes the good guys make it after all. Erin Gruwell spoke to a packed crowd inside Indiana State University’s University Hall Auditorium Wednesday night, bringing to life ...

FITCHBURG — Monty Tech students recently learned how a teacher from California used unconventional methods to turn lives around for students who many deemed “unteachable” and doomed to lives of ...

When the book “The Freedom Writers Diary” burst on the scene in 1999, sharing the experiences of teacher Erin Gruwell and her Wilson High School English classes, it uncovered both the pain and the ...