School, the story of American public education
Subtitle: Episode 1 : The common school, 1770-1890
By: directed by Sarah Mondale ; produced by Sarah Patton and Sarah Mondale ; writer, Sheila Curran Bernard ; produced by Stone Lantern Films, Inc
Contributors: Streep, Meryl; Stone Lantern Films; Films for the Humanities (Firm); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Series: TED 615 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & 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.; Common school, 1770-1890; Common school, 1770-1890; School, the story of American public education (Television program)
Description: Describes the development of a common system of tax-supported schools in America following the Revolution in order to mix people of different backgrounds and strengthen democracy. Tells of the influence of Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and others in this effort.
Notes: Also available as streaming video.

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

Narrator, Meryl Streep.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.