teacher-student relationships

"Sixteen-year-old Madelyn Hawkins, who is taking college classes, enters a relationship with her biology professor, Bennett Cartwright, and knows she must keep her true age a secret from him. The story is told in the form of Madelyn's letters of love and apology to Bennett"--Provided by publisher.

Latin instructor Jerome Washington, the only African-American teacher at an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, finds his ideals about race challenged by a promising young African-American student who responds to Jerome in an unexpected way.

Documents the story of Rafe Esquith, a fifth-grade teacher at central Los Angeles' Hobart Boulevard Elementary school who inspired his primarily Asian-American and Latino students to great achievements in the areas of math and English, ending the semester with a production of "Hamlet.".

Contains true stories of the lessons Herbert Kohl learned from his students while teaching and explains the steps that he feels should be taken to make positive changes in the school system.

Daniel is the new kid in town who runs into trouble when he starts dating the ex-girlfriend of a karate gang leader. Wanting to fight back, he asks his handyman Miyagi, who is a karate master, to teach him how to defend himself.

A former U.S. Marine and first-time teacher finds that conventional methods don't work with her tough inner-city students, so she breaks the rules to create her own curriculum.

Ruby insists on copying everything Angela does, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.