| Credits |
Director, Sarah Mondale ; writer, Sheila Curran Bernard. |
| Performers |
Narrator: by Meryl Streep. |
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Commentary: David Tyack, James Anderson, Larry Cuban, Nicholas Lemann, Seymour Fliegel, Deborah Meier, Jonathan Kozol, Chester Finn, Jeanne Allen, E.D. Hirsch. |
| Summary |
A four part documentary on the history of public education in the United States. Part 4: in 1983, the Reagan Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform -- all with the goal of tough new academic standards. This program explores such educational innovations as vouchers, charter schools, home schooling and privatization as challenges to the historical concept of a common school. |
| Note |
DVD. |
| Subject |
United States. National Commission on Excellence in Education.
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Education -- United States -- History.
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Public schools -- United States -- History.
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Education, Primary -- United States -- History.
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Education, Secondary -- United States -- History.
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Educational change -- United States -- History.
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Educational sociology -- United States -- History.
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Education -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Education -- Curricula -- United States -- History.
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Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
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School choice -- United States -- History.
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Educational vouchers -- United States -- History.
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Home schooling -- United States -- History.
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Charter schools -- United States -- History.
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Privatization in education -- United States -- History.
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Education -- United States -- Experimental methods -- History.
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Video recordings. |
| Alt Author |
Mondale, Sarah.
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Patton, Sarah B.
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Streep, Meryl.
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Bernard, Sheila Curran.
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Tyack, David B.
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Anderson, James A.
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Cuban, Larry.
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Lemann, Nicholas.
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Fliegel, Seymour, 1931-
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Meier, Deborah.
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Kozol, Jonathan.
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Finn, Chester E., Jr., 1944-
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Allen, Jeanne, 1960-
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Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928-
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Films for the Humanities (Firm)
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| Alt Title |
Story of American public education. 4, The bottom line in education, 1980 to the present |
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Bottom line in education, 1980 to the present |
| Standard # |
FFH 11765 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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