Sylvia Barrett arrives at New York City’s Calvin Coolidge High fresh from earning literature degrees at Hunter College and eager to shape young minds. Instead

The script of a full-length play based on Bev Kaufman's "Up the Down Staircase," in which a young high school teacher relates the frustrations and challenges of

In its 47 printings, Up the Down Staircase has sold more than 6 million copies, has been translated into 16 languages, and made into a prize-winning motion pict