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Title:

Learning in America : education on trial - are we short changing our schools? / produced by WETA-TV & MacNeil/Lehrer Productions ; directed by Gary Halvorson.

Publisher:

PBS Video,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Public schools--United States--Finance.
Educational change--United States.
Education--United States--Costs.
School management and organization--United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Halvorson, Gary. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97841680
Cherkezian, Nazaret. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99079940
Dysart, Richard. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85322469
Peterson, Connie L.
Edley, Christopher F., 1953- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88291316
Coons, John E. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92033562
Raffo, Lisa.
Porter, Kelly.
Toch, Thomas. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90656040
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92801120
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50052712
PBS Video. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062763

Other Titles:

Education on trial.
Are we short changing our schools?

Notes:

"LALT 103." Videocassette release of program which was originally produced for public television and broadcast with an interactive component, allowing viewers to call in and vote on the issue. Results of this poll have been added. Host, Richard Dysart ; judge, Connie L. Peterson ; attorneys, Christopher F. Edley, Jr. and John E. Coons. VHS.

Summary:

Using a trial format, the issue of whether we spend enough money on education is debated. The United States spends more per capita on education than most industrialized nations yet most educators argue that we must spend substantially more.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77679350

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)