The educational snippets are the ultimate font of Gen X nostalgia. But what is it we’re nostalgic for? By James Poniewozik When I was in second grade, my teacher held a contest: The first students to ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the McCaffrey & McCall creative director. It is George Newall, not George Newell. This version has been corrected. “Schoolhouse Rock ...

I was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in an Israeli household where Hebrew was spoken and international events were discussed almost exclusively. When I moved to Ohio in the early 90s, I was ...

Parents from the 80’s and 90’s, do you remember singing along to Schoolhouse Rock in your elementary school classroom? Maybe your teacher brought out the big boxy television set on a rolling cart, ...

I’M NOT JUST A BILL — “Schoolhouse Rock!” lied to us. The ’70s-era educational series helped teach me and a lot of other people about the legislative process, whether you saw it on a VHS tape in ...