Erin Gruwell
Erin Gruwell is the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation and the editor of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, a book of high school essays that inspired a major motion picture.
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In Defense of the 'Freedom Writers'
The teacher who inspired the 2007 Hilary Swank film still believes memoir writing is the best way to reach struggling students.