'English Teacher' makes the grade with a sweet, funny look at high school educators

Starring series creator Brian Jordan Alvarez, 'English Teacher,' premiering Monday on FX, centers on high school teachers in Austin, Texas.

There have been shows about teachers in every era of television, going back to 'Our Miss Brooks' and not even including all the many series about teenagers in which teachers have played small or larger parts.

Preparing for the traditional powderpuff game, in which cheerleaders play football and football players dress as cheerleaders, the players come to Evan for advice; he enlists the help of a college friend who works as a drag queen, whom he introduces as the star of a 'long-running show in Austin called 'Woman of La Mancha.'' And when some of Markie's students begin to ask about the term 'nonbinary,' he asks Evan to explain it to them, as a 'very special gay guest.

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