School, the story of American public education
Subtitle: Episode 4 : The bottom line in education, 1980 to the present
By: produced by Stone Lantern Films, Inc. ; KCET ; directed by Sarah Mondale ; produced by Sarah Patton and Sarah Mondale ; writer, Sheila Curran Bernard
Contributors: Stone Lantern Films; Films for the Humanities (Firm); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Series: TED 305 (NU course); TED 615 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Education; History; Public schools; Educational change; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Story of American public education.; Bottom line in education, 1980 to the present; Bottom line in education, 1980 to the present; School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Description: "Tells how the 1983 report "Nation at Risk" damaged public confidence in America's school system and spurred attempts at educational reform. Looks at such things as vouchers, charter schools, and privatization as challenges to the historical concept of a common school."--Container.
Notes: Also available as streaming video.

Originally broadcast in 2001 as School, the story of American public education, a PBS television program.

Editor, Marian Sears Hunter ; cinematography, Allen Moore, Tom Hurwitz, Roger T. Grange, III.

Narrator, Meryl Streep.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.