There's a desk-switching plot point that's startlingly dumb; and when Elizabeth decides—for devious reasons, of course—to turn into a real teacher, and start schooling her students in the ...

And while the separation process drags on for years, a bad teacher either continues to influence the lives of hundreds of students or draws a salary for manning a desk.

Cate Blanchett is marvelous as Sheba Hart, a teacher who, in the course of being betrayed by her supposed friend and colleague Barbara Covett (Judi Dench), has a white-hot affair with a 15-year ...

Bad Teacher is an episodic affair that’s generally pretty light on plot. The most important thread in the film deals with Elizabeth’s attempts to cheat on a statewide standardized test.