Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
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(Long before the current crisis in public education, films like “Up the Down Staircase” and “Conrack” were more about brave attempts than about inspiring successes.)
With echoes of earlier teacher-in-crisis-mode dramas, especially Robert Mulligan’s 1967 classic Up the Down Staircase, the overwhelmed staff at this urban high school are in hunker-down mode, waiting for the storm to pass.
…musical remake), UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE…
If you've seen "Blackboard Jungle," "Up the Down Staircase," "To Sir, With Love," "Dangerous Minds" or "Stand and Deliver," you'll be way ahead of the story.