Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia.
It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject.
[1][2] Peter Gwazdauskas, a third-grade boy with Down syndrome, is attending a traditional school with typically developing students for the first time.
His transition was based on federal law, which requires that students with special needs be educated alongside their peers in traditional schools.
During the first half of the school year, he displayed challenging behaviors such as making loud noises, rolling on the floor, and occasionally acting aggressively toward classmates.