clark, joe

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clark, joe

Lean on me

1998
Presents the true story of Joe Clark, a high school principal who received national acclaim after turning the failing Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, into a symbol of achievement though his program of tough love education.

Lean on me

1991
A rousing, fact based story of high school principal Joe Clark, who armed himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville Slugger and slammed the door on losers at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey. Brought in as a last hope to save the school, he chained the doors shutto keep trouble-makers out and strivers in. Parents fought him. Teachers fought him. But lots of kids loved him. Clark turned Eastside around, becoming a national symbol of tough-love education.

Stand and deliver

2007
Contains two feature films that includes "Stand and Deliver," in which a Los Angeles barrio helps a classroom of failing students excel at mathematics; and also "Lean on Me," where one man changes the fate of a failing inner city high school with tough love.
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