Erceg and Jentsch were nominated for the 2005 New Faces Award. At the 2005 German Film Awards "The Edukators" shared the Best Feature Film Silver Award with "Sophie Scholl – The Final Days", Klaußner was Best Supporting Actor and Weingartner was nominated for the Best Director Award. It was the Best Film and Jentsch the Best Actress at the 2005 German Film Critics Association Awards. At the 2005 Bavarian Film Awards, Jentsch won Best New Actress. The film shared the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival with "The Overture" and "Red Dust".