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Up the Down Staircase
7.1
/10
80 Ratings

Synopsis

On her first day at Calvin Coolidge High, fledgling teacher Sylvia Barrett encounters an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body, and an administration drowning its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse, as Sylvia questions her ability to help the disadvantaged students…