With its appealing real-life cast of economically disadvantaged kids who become winners through hard work and risking their egos, "Brooklyn Castle" easily checkmates your inner cynic. The documentary ...

“Brooklyn Castle” is the exhilarating story of five students from I.S. 318, a public school in Brooklyn that serves mostly minority students from families living below the poverty line. These students ...

If you want reassurance that not everything about American public education is hopelessly broken — and if you want to see what may well be the most optimistic, inspiring and downright thrilling movie ...

The teenaged members of the chess team at New York City’s Intermediate 318 are the Yankees of chess. They’ve won 26 national chess titles—more than any other school in the country, which is an ...

What if, rather than celebrating football players for smashing each other in physical competition, we revered the smart kids for doing battle with their minds? It might seem like a fantasy, but at ...

The highest-ranked junior-high chess team in the country — winner of an unprecedented 30 national titles — isn’t ensconced at an elite private school. Instead, it’s found at Brooklyn’s prosaically ...

Ladies, meet 35-year-old Elizabeth Spiegel. She spends her weekdays in a classroom teaching in a public school (like so many of you), but this inspiring woman's story is a little different than most.

“Brooklyn Castle” is a can’t-miss film that doesn’t. It’s a wonderful documentary look at an astonishingly successful public-school chess program that manages to be more moving and heartening than you ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Intermediate School 318 located in inner-city Brooklyn got a chess team 10 years ago. Since then, students have gone on to win 26 national titles ...