In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferson and continued by Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds and reinforce the bonds of democracy. A wealth of research illustrates how this noble experiment - the foundation of the young republic - was a radical idea opposed from the start by racial prejudice and fears of taxation.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Views on education, Webster, Noah, 1758-1843, Mann, Horace, 1796-1859, Education--United States--History, Public schools--United States--History, Education, Primary--United States--History, Education, Secondary--United States--History, Educational change--United States--History, Educational sociology--United States--History, Education--Social aspects--United States--History, Education--Economic aspects--United States--History, Textbooks--United States--Early works to 1900, Discrimination in education--United States--History, African Americans--United States--History, Women--Education--United States--History, Literacy--United States--History, Education, World history

School: the story of American public education

Mondale, Sarah (Producer), Patton, Sarah B. (Producer), Streep, Meryl (Narrator), Bernard, Sheila Curran (Author of screenplay, etc.), Lemann, Nicholas (Commentator), Finn, Chester E. (Commentator), Hoffman, Nancy (Commentator), Spring, Joel H. (Commentator), Sklar, Kathryn Kish (Commentator), Tyack, David B. (Commentator), Siddle Walker, Vanessa (Commentator), Kaestle, Carl F. (Commentator), Ravitch, Diane (Commentator), Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald) (Commentator), Shaw, Richard (Commentator), Anderson, James A. (Commentator), Mondale, Sarah (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor)

00:55:29 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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