School: The Story of American Public Education
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary that examines the American experiment of universal education, providing a history of public education from the American Revolution to today. The program looks at the efforts of Thomas Jefferson and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of differe
Cast & Crew
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Sarah Mondale
Director
Barbara Glenn Gordon
Voice
Gene Ballarin
Voice
Erik Singer
Voice
Daniel Whitner
Voice
Katherine Fitzpatrick
Voice
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary that examines the American experiment of universal education, providing a history of public education from the American Revolution to today. The program looks at the efforts of Thomas Jefferson and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds; the spread of public schooling in the 19th century; the massive wave of immigration in the early 20th century; the Civil Rights era; and the refomrs and turmoil that mark our public school systems today.
Director
Sarah Mondale
Director
Cast
Barbara Glenn Gordon
Voice
Gene Ballarin
Voice
Erik Singer
Voice
Daniel Whitner
Voice
Katherine Fitzpatrick
Voice
Melissa Maxwell
Voice
Benjamin Grange
Voice
Gregory St John
Voice
Kevin Sylvan
Voice
Rebecca Bellingham
Voice
Paul V Ames
Voice
Emily Keppler
Voice
Pierce Cravens
Voice
Joan Macintosh
Voice
Thomas Ligon
Voice
Frank Rivers
Voice
Alexandra Grange
Voice
Peter Fernandez
Voice
Hannah Keppler
Voice
Meryl Streep
Narrator
Daniel J Foley
Voice
Crew
Heather Aldridge
Location Coordinator
James D Anderson
Consultant
Vera Aronow
Associate Producer
Vera Aronow
Segment Director
Donald Aros
Lighting Technician
Patsy Baudoin
Location Coordinator
Gary Becker
Animation Photography
Thomas Bender
Consultant
Sheila Curran Bernard
Writer
Eric Blair
Assistant Camera Operator
Amy Bostwick
Assistant Camera Operator
Mark Bovos
Sound
Alvin Bowen
On-Line Editor
Stephan F Brumberg
Consultant
John Bucher
Sound
Scott Childers
Lighting Technician
Mary Chios
Location Coordinator
Ken Chowder
Writer
Sharon Clarke
Researcher
Eleanor Crowe
Researcher
Dimitria Dakoyannis
Location Coordinator
Scott D. Davis
Lighting Technician
Philippe Desloovere
Sound Editor
Joseph Dorman
Writer
John Egan
Sound
Bill Felker
Lighting Technician
Richard Fleming
Sound
Mike Flynn
Lighting Technician
Rose Folsom
Other
William Frambough
Lighting Technician
Vincent P Franklin
Consultant
Milton Darrell Friedrich
Lighting Technician
Bill Gilbert
Lighting Technician
Barry Gliner
On-Line Editor
Lynn D Gordon
Consultant
Greg Grafton
Location Coordinator
Roger T Grange
Cinematographer
Ken Hahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ned Hallick
Lighting Technician
John Haptas
Sound
William Harkins
Researcher
Andre Harris
Assistant Camera Operator
Susan Hormuth
Researcher
Jeff Hoyt
Assistant Camera Operator
Mead Hunt
Cinematographer
Marian Hunter
Editor
Tom Hurwitz
Cinematographer
Lynette Iezzoni
Researcher
Carl E Kaestle
Consultant
Michael B Katz
Consultant
Steve Kaye
Lighting Technician
Ken King
Sound
Peter Kors
Location Coordinator
Rena Kosersky
Music Supervisor
Steve Lafayette
Sound
Neil Landau
Production Coordinator
Carol Lawson
Location Coordinator
Claire Libbing
Location Coordinator
Peter Longauer
Animation Photography
Michael Lonsdale
Sound
Laura Lopez
Researcher
Mark Lutte
Sound
Sandy Mcdonough
Lighting Technician
Dave Melican
On-Line Editor
Carla Mendiola
Researcher
Susan Milano
Researcher
Peter G. Miller
Sound
Jeffrey Mirel
Consultant
Clarence C Mondale
Consultant
Sarah Mondale
Producer
Terence Monmaney
Other
Allen Moore
Cinematographer
Roberto Munoz
Researcher
Laura Murray
Location Coordinator
John Osborne
Sound
Ray Palagy
Sound Editor
Sarah Patton
Producer
Jerry Peterson
Location Coordinator
Polly Pettit
Researcher
Roger Phenix
Sound
Tom Phillips
Music
Tony Pipitone
Sound Editor
Matt Quast
Sound
Jerry Recius
Assistant Camera Operator
William J Reese
Consultant
Elizabeth Renner
Associate Editor
John M. Roche
Lighting Technician
John Romeo
Assistant Camera Operator
Patricia Romeu
Producer
Cindy Kaplan Rooney
Editing
Antonio Rossi
Assistant Camera Operator
Mark Roy
Sound
Guadalupe San Miguel
Consultant
Anthony Savini
Assistant Camera Operator
Kipjaz Savoie
Assistant Camera Operator
Avra Scher
Associate Producer
J C Schlageter
Sound
Len Schmitz
Sound
Doug Scott
Associate Editor
Doug Scott
Assistant Editor
Michael W Sedlak
Consultant
Alicia Sehring
Assistant Camera Operator
Bob Silverthorne
Sound
Deborah Snyder
Researcher
David Terry
Sound
Michael Townsend
Sound
Jill Tufts
Assistant Camera Operator
Aljernon Tunsil
Assistant Editor
Cyndy Turnage
Location Coordinator
Cyndy Turnage
Researcher
David B Tyack
Consultant
Howard Weinberg
Writer
Brett Wiley
Assistant Camera Operator
Alicia Wilson
Researcher
S J Wolfe
Researcher
Randy Woods
Lighting Technician
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
