Based on a true story, detailed in the book The Freedom Writers Diary — How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, the film is about the program and ...

Home News News Detail 11/04/2014 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 ...

Erin Ragan Erin Gruwell, author of The Freedom Writers Diary, speaks Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 to students and faculty at Egyptian High School at Tamms, Ill. (Fred Lynch) ...

And, yes, it’s a familiar template. But here’s the thing: However broadly drawn and predicable it may be, “Freedom Writers” also engages, uplifts and effectively jerks tears.

"The Freedom Writers Diary" is co-authored by 150 students — once labeled "at-risk" and "unteachable" in Long Beach, California — who transform their lives through writing.

The book was “Freedom Writers Diary” by Erin Gruwell. The board also banned “Crown of Midnight” by Sarah Maas and put “Heir of Fire” by Maas on a list that requires parental permission.

So, come Feb. 20, not two but three Freedom Writers will visit Lincoln Southeast to share their story of hope and determination against all odds. It’s a story Smith’s students know well.

Learn more about the Freedom Writers at freedomwritersfoundation.org. Manny Scott is now a 39-year-old married father of three. But for about 90 minutes Tuesday morning, he relived some of the ...

Gruwell wrote "The Freedom Writers Diary," the book that was made into a movie starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell, now president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, and motivational speaker Ken Johnson ...

When “The Freedom Writers Diary” was first published in 1999, Gruwell expected only she and her students and their families would read it, but it ended up becoming a New York Times Best Seller.