It was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a major Hollywood soundtrack. And it confirmed every parent's ...

The song made its big splash when it was featured in the opening credits of the movie "Blackboard Jungle," released March 25, 1955. The teenage audience rioted. Danced in the aisles. In England ...

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the ...

War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his ...

For everyone who's still figuring it out.

The Blackboard Jungle could have been a fine movie, but as it stands now it is an uneven one. It has tried just a little too hard both to shock and to preach. Juvenile delinquency in public ...