Blackboard Wars
"Blackboard Wars" centers on a high school tarnished by failing academic performance and stigmatized by a culture of violence. Granted unprecedented access, cameras go behind the scenes to follow education maverick Steve Barr and no-nonsense principal Dr. Marvin Thompson as they embark together on an unpredictable mission to reinvent and revive the struggling school.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
- Reality
"Blackboard Wars" centers on a high school tarnished by failing academic performance and stigmatized by a culture of violence. Granted unprecedented access, cameras go behind the scenes to follow education maverick Steve Barr and no-nonsense principal Dr. Marvin Thompson as they embark together on an unpredictable mission to reinvent and revive the struggling school.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes
Episode 1
The Future Is Now
41 mins
Principal Dr. Marvin Thompson and his staff begin to their journey to transform one of the worst-performing high schools in the country, John McDonogh High, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Episode 2
Eye of the Storm
41 mins
The staff and students return to school following the wrath of Hurricane Isaac.
Episode 3
Baptism by Fire
41 mins
Principal Thompson sits down with the teachers to create a resolution for the disciplinary problems with students.
Episode 4
Boiling Point
41 mins
As the students and staff prepare for the upcoming homecoming celebration, tensions rise as the community becomes resistant to the charter organization.
Episode 5
Identity Crisis
41 mins
The staff come together as they receive the news that one of their students is involved in a shooting while a motivational speaker enlightens the students about creating their futures.
Episode 6
War Is Over If You Want It
41 mins
A suicidal student reaches out Principal Thompson for help. Tempers are boiling as disagreeing community activists voice their opinions about the charter school.