The Raising of America The Raising of America (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary

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The Raising of America

The Raising of America (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary

Director

Christine Herbes-Sommers

Producer

Christine Herbes-Sommers

Composer

Louis Weeks (original music by)

Cinematographers

Tom Fahey | Dakin Henderson | Stephen McCarthy (as Steve McCarthy)

Editors

Kristen Salerno | Charles Scott

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 6, 2015

Release date

Nov 6, 2015 (United States)

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Jeffrey Armstrong Self - Researcher, Life Stress and Human Development Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison Self - Researcher, Life Stress and Human Development Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Rasmus Birn Self - Principal Investigator, Birn Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison Self - Principal Investigator, Birn Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison See fewer	Escape from Lizard Island (2022)
Renée Boynton-Jarrett Self - Pediatrician and Epidemiologist, Boston Medical Center (as Renée Boynton-Jarrett MD) Self - Pediatrician and Epidemiologist, Boston Medical Center (as Renée Boynton-Jarrett MD) See fewer	Brain Matters (2019)
Ellen Bravo Self - Executive Director, Family Values @ Work Consortium Self - Executive Director, Family Values @ Work Consortium See fewer	Zero Weeks (2017)
Cory Burghy Self - Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison Self - Postdoctoral Fellow in Developmental Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Vincent Coglianese Self - Commanding General, Camp Pendleton (2011-2013), United States Marine Corps (as Major General Vincent Coglianese) Self - Commanding General, Camp Pendleton (2011-2013), United States Marine Corps (as Major General Vincent Coglianese) See fewer	Indoctrination Nation (2022)
Robert Dugger Self - Managing Partner, Hanover Provident Capital; Co-Founder, ReadyNation Self - Managing Partner, Hanover Provident Capital; Co-Founder, ReadyNation See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Marilyn Essex Self - Director, Life Stress and Human Development Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison Self - Director, Life Stress and Human Development Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
James J. Heckman Self - Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2000, University of Chicago (as James Heckman) Self - Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2000, University of Chicago (as James Heckman) See fewer	Stossel (2009)
Judith Lichtman Self - Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families (as Judith L. Lichtman) Self - Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families (as Judith L. Lichtman) See fewer	To the Contrary (1992)
John Powell Self - Director, Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, University of California-Berkeley (as john a. powell) Self - Director, Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, University of California-Berkeley (as john a. powell) See fewer	The Long Shadow (2017)
Arthur Rolnick Self - Former Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Self - Former Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Jack P. Shonkoff Self - Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University (as Jack P. Shonkoff MD) Self - Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University (as Jack P. Shonkoff MD) See fewer	The Weight of the Nation (2012)
Llewellyn M. Smith Self - Narrator (as Llewellyn Smith) Self - Narrator (as Llewellyn Smith) See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Maria Teixeira Self - Director, Ellis Memorial Early Education Center Self - Director, Ellis Memorial Early Education Center See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Aiyauna Terry Self - Preschool Teacher, Ellis Memorial Early Education Center Self - Preschool Teacher, Ellis Memorial Early Education Center See fewer	The Raising of America (2015)
Edward Tronick Self - Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston; Harvard Medical School Self - Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston; Harvard Medical School See fewer	The Overly Emotional Child (2020)
Robert Walker Self - R-Pennsylvania (archive footage) (as Rep. Robert Walker) Self - R-Pennsylvania (archive footage) (as Rep. Robert Walker) See fewer	Jim and Sarah Brady: A Tribute (2015)

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