Sunday, September 17th, two noteworthy series premiered. One, The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick was aired on PBS, preceded by months of expensive promotion and anticipation.

The other is a series of eight short films produced by the Network for Public Education (NPE). The first film features NPE co-founder Diane Ravitch and has as its provocative initial caption, “Why are Betsy DeVos and Bill Gates so afraid of this grandmother?”

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Read this entire piece from NPE Action Board Member Steve Nelson here.