Erykah Badu as the guardian angel, Lady, and Frank Langella as the headmaster of Tommy's school.

WSJ: Duchovny Does Directing

Ed Smith, former England cricketer and author of What Sport Tells Us About Life, sees Capello as the headmaster on the touchline, the somewhat distant man of few words.

BBC: Radio 4 Profile: England manager Fabio Capello

He pointed to the case of a schoolchild who died as a result of corporal punishment administered by a headmaster in 1860.

BBC: Boy with placard

In a letter on Nov. 21, current headmaster David Harman, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, strongly disputed the comparison with Penn State and, in a letter to the school community, detailed steps that had been taken.

WSJ: Abuse Claims Roil School

The headmaster there, Tim Dingle, described it as being akin to the HMC - the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which represents the principals of the leading fee-paying schools.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Grammar heads to get new voice

When CNN visited a Mathabisana primary school in Umguza, in the southwest of Zimbabwe, headmaster Nonkululeko Ndlovu said that at one point teachers used charcoal as a substitute for chalk.

CNN: Zimbabwe schools begin fightback