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PBS, "KCET School: The Story of American Public Education,"

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/

This website accompanies a four-part series narrated by Meryl Streep bringing historical context to America's education system. Covering from colonial times to the present, this series uses interviews and experts to bring to light the issues and their impact on today's American education system. The website offers excellent resources–from photographs which illustrate some of the key moments of education history to a chronological timeline of key political events to brief biographies of educational innovators. There is also a curriculum guide available for download.

Referenced in:
Two Men Named Ben: Historic Roots of Education in Pennsylvania

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