
A history of the American public education systems, beginning in the late 1700s and working up to the present day.
Air Date: 2001-09-03
In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America came face-to-face with one of its most daunting chall...
Air Date: 2001-09-10
In 1900, six percent of America’s children graduated from high school; by 1945, 51 percent graduated and 40 percent w...
Air Date: 2001-09-17
In the 1950s, America’s public schools teemed with the promise of a new, postwar generation of students, over half of...
Air Date: 2001-09-24
In 1983, the Reagan Administration’s report A Nation at Risk shattered public confidence in America’s school system a...