Feb 24th, 2005 · Many Oscar winners have studied with famous acting teachers such as Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. Their teaching methods remain a huge influence on the art of acting, both on the silver screen and on the live stage.
Feb 11th, 2005 · Producer Michael Lee of member station KUT in Austin, Texas, offers this audio snapshot of Chad Rackowitz, a Texas teacher and diabetic who may owe his life to the first graders he teaches.
Jan 28th, 2005 · Slate contributor Eric Liu traveled across the country for two-and-a-half years in search of life-changing teachers and mentors from all different walks. The book that emerged from those travels is called Guiding Lights : The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life.
Jan 16th, 2005 · The French hit movie of 2004, The Chorus, tells the story of a school for troubled boys and the teacher who wrestles them into an angelic sounding choir. It opens in the United States this weekend. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
Aug 5th, 2004 · NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to teacher, mentor and motivational speaker Orrin Hudson about how life is like a game a chess and what young African Americans can learn from it.
Aug 2nd, 2004 · Guitarist Sharon Isbin is a classical music triple threat: a stellar performer, a Grammy-winning recording artist and an accomplished and insightful teacher.
Jul 26th, 2004 · At an inner city Bronx school, a young teacher from Finland formed a gospel choir to encourage her disadvantaged students to believe in their potential. Three years after their last performance, students and teacher reunite, as a new book tells their story.
Jul 7th, 2004 · Last winter, retired Washington, D.C., school teacher Gretchen Roberts-Shorter discovered in her attic a diary written by an African-American soldier in World War I. It's a rare account of the Great War from a black perspective. Roberts-Shorter speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.