HBO's new film, Bad Education, is based on the true story of Frank Tassone. The True Story Behind HBO’s Bad Education Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone. While you may not recognize the figures in this Long Island educational scandal, the characters played by Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney are very real people who took part in a very real scandal. Who is Hugh Jackman’s character in Bad Education ? Like her real-life counterpart, Allison Janney’s affable … Bad Education is based on the true story of Dr. Frank A. Tassone and a scandal he was involved in the early 2000s. Bad Education is based on a New York magazine story by reporter Robert Kolker, and for the most part the film is relatively faithful to its source material. Gluckin was a real person who went to prison for five years for first-degree grand larceny. Like Hugh Jackman’s would-be widower, the real Tassone — a double master’s- and... Allison Janney as Pamela Gluckin.

Here's where the former assistant superintendent is now and what happened to her. Allison Janney plays Pamela Gluckin in HBO's new scammer film, Bad Education. The Bad Education true story reveals that Tassone allegedly put $1,800-per-night hotel rooms on the school's tab, traveling to Boston, New Orleans, London, the Caribbean, and taking gambling trips to Las Vegas 2-3 times a year. Who is Frank Tassone?

Over the weekend, HBO released Bad Education, a Hugh Jackman-led film about a real life school scandal that took place nearly two decades ago in an affluent suburb of … Like in the HBO movie, the real Frank Tassone and Pamela Gluckin used the money to indulge in lavish lifestyles. Bad Education tells the true story of Roslyn High superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) and his assistant superintendent Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney) and their dual efforts to … Hugh Jackman plays the Roslyn district superintendent on Long …