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Chloé Zhao’s debut feature “Songs My Brothers Taught Me” premiered at the festival in 2015 after she took the project through the labs.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Taught at a college level, students who score high enough on the course’s final exam usually earn course credit at their university.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
Last month, controversy was reignited in the UK around teacher Kate Clanchy's memoir "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me," about her time teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to write poetry.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2022
Sir Philip took up the post in 2013 but divisions arose last August when he described Clanchy's Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me as "humane, warm, decent, generous, and welcoming".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022
The band member groans, shakes his head, and goes on, “But first we have a short film: udeyonv .... What They’ve Been Taught, directed by Cherokee citizen Brit Hensel.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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