A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
Sarah Jane Hartwell does not want to get up and go to her new school where she doesn't know anyone, but her father insists and tells her she must go and face her fears, not hide from them.
A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.