School will soon be back in session, or maybe it will, or it will for some students and not for others, and don’t even get us started on who will be wearing masks and who will not.
It’s confusing, is what it is. And when we get confused, we like to do what Americans always do when they don’t know how to behave in certain circumstances: We watch how characters handle the same issues in the movies and on TV.
It was in just that spirit that we compiled this collection of some of our favorite movies and television shows about school. We limited ourselves to high school films and shows because no one really makes them about elementary school, and college just doesn’t have that same back-to-school feel.
In addition, there are so many great shows and films about high school sports that we decided not to include them here.