School, the story of American public education
Subtitle: Episode 2 : As American as public school, 1900-1950 : 
By: produced by Stone Lantern Films, Inc. ; 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 615 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Education; History; Public schools; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Story of American public education.; As American as public school, 1900-1950; As American as public school, 1900-1950; School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Description: Describes how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the growth of cities increased school attendance and changed public education in America during the first half of the twentieth century. Looks at the ideas of John Dewey, the effects of IQ tests, the "life adjustment" curriculum, and Cold War politics on students.
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.