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The Student Teachers
The Student Teachers is a 1973 American exploitation film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and produced by Julie Corman. Part of the "nurse" cycle of films that began with The Student Nurses (1970), it was made by the same team behind Night Call Nurses. The film was shot in 15 days for under $100,000 and became one of the most successful entries in the series.
Three new teachers at Valley High School clash with Principal Peters, the administration, and parents over their teaching methods.
Rachel Burton teaches a girls' sex education class. Dissatisfied with a curriculum limited to disease prevention and abstinence, she adds material on contraception and sexual health, holds after-school sessions, and has students make an educational film on subjects including pornography and gender dynamics. Administrators learn of the sessions, and parents complain about the content. Burton defends her approach but is dismissed.
Tracy Davis teaches art and proposes adding figure photography to the curriculum. Principal Peters rejects the proposal and directs Davis to keep to the standard lesson plans. Davis continues the project off campus with a student, Mickey, in his family's darkroom. Her involvement with Mickey and the nature of the project strain her relationship with her boyfriend, Alex, who objects to both.
Jody Hawkins mentors Carnell Smith, a former dropout, and involves him in Second Chance, an alternative school serving single mothers, ex-convicts, and other at-risk populations. When the program runs out of money, Hawkins poses as a buyer to infiltrate the drug operation of Smith's former employer, Dinwiddie. Working with Smith and others, she swaps out the heroin for fake product, setting the operation's members against each other, and takes the money to keep the school running.
All three teachers face opposition from Principal Peters and from parents concerned about the school's image, and ultimately resign to join the staff at Second Chance.
Roger Corman had achieved success with The Student Nurses, written by Stephanie Rothman and Charles S. Swartz and directed by Rothman. He initially commissioned Rothman to write The Student Teachers, but she left New World Pictures after The Velvet Vampire to work for Dimension Pictures.
Following two successful sequels to The Student Nurses - Private Duty Nurses and Night Call Nurses - Corman decided to expand the concept to teachers. Director Jonathan Kaplan, who had directed Night Call Nurses, recalled: "After Night Call Nurses was done, I didn't talk to him again for a while. Then Julie called me and said, 'We're a big hit in Tallahassee! Roger wants you to come out and make the same movie, but with teachers instead of nurses'."
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The Student Teachers
The Student Teachers is a 1973 American exploitation film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and produced by Julie Corman. Part of the "nurse" cycle of films that began with The Student Nurses (1970), it was made by the same team behind Night Call Nurses. The film was shot in 15 days for under $100,000 and became one of the most successful entries in the series.
Three new teachers at Valley High School clash with Principal Peters, the administration, and parents over their teaching methods.
Rachel Burton teaches a girls' sex education class. Dissatisfied with a curriculum limited to disease prevention and abstinence, she adds material on contraception and sexual health, holds after-school sessions, and has students make an educational film on subjects including pornography and gender dynamics. Administrators learn of the sessions, and parents complain about the content. Burton defends her approach but is dismissed.
Tracy Davis teaches art and proposes adding figure photography to the curriculum. Principal Peters rejects the proposal and directs Davis to keep to the standard lesson plans. Davis continues the project off campus with a student, Mickey, in his family's darkroom. Her involvement with Mickey and the nature of the project strain her relationship with her boyfriend, Alex, who objects to both.
Jody Hawkins mentors Carnell Smith, a former dropout, and involves him in Second Chance, an alternative school serving single mothers, ex-convicts, and other at-risk populations. When the program runs out of money, Hawkins poses as a buyer to infiltrate the drug operation of Smith's former employer, Dinwiddie. Working with Smith and others, she swaps out the heroin for fake product, setting the operation's members against each other, and takes the money to keep the school running.
All three teachers face opposition from Principal Peters and from parents concerned about the school's image, and ultimately resign to join the staff at Second Chance.
Roger Corman had achieved success with The Student Nurses, written by Stephanie Rothman and Charles S. Swartz and directed by Rothman. He initially commissioned Rothman to write The Student Teachers, but she left New World Pictures after The Velvet Vampire to work for Dimension Pictures.
Following two successful sequels to The Student Nurses - Private Duty Nurses and Night Call Nurses - Corman decided to expand the concept to teachers. Director Jonathan Kaplan, who had directed Night Call Nurses, recalled: "After Night Call Nurses was done, I didn't talk to him again for a while. Then Julie called me and said, 'We're a big hit in Tallahassee! Roger wants you to come out and make the same movie, but with teachers instead of nurses'."