Filmmaker Ramona Diaz discusses the social costs and culture shock experienced by many immigrants.
The teachers return to the Philippines and realize the new life they can provide for their families with the money they've earned in Baltimore.
In this clip, the Filipino teachers make their initial adjustments to their teaching styles as they begin teaching in the Baltimore school system.
In this clip, the four teachers leave the Philippines in order to work abroad and send money home.
In this deleted scene from The Learning, Angel prepares her students for a standardized test.
In this extra scene from The Learning, Rhea is caught off guard by a student's prediction of a future career.
In this extra scene from The Learning Dorotea connects with one of her students who discovers she's pregnant.
Dorotea meets with an argumentative student and her mother in this deleted scene from The Learning.
Four Filipino women leave their families and schools to teach in the U.S. The women bring idealistic visions of the teacher’s craft and of American life, which soon collide with Baltimore’s tough realities.


