Branching out from the Nurses genre begun at New World by Stephanie Rothman, The Student Teachers follows a similar pattern of skillfully intercutting the adventures of several main characters, here four teachers in rebellion against the system. Their attempt to start an alternative school involves the making of the most hilarious sex-education film we're likely to see on the PFA screen. “The Student Teachers...traffics in a common sense radicalism that must have come as quite a shock to its intended audience. The requisite nudity is handled in a cheerfully casual way that undermines most of the film's prurient appeal.... The Student Teachers stands as a remarkably open, good natured film....” --Dave Kehr, Film Comment