The National Defense Education Act, Current STEM Initiative, and the Gifted
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...(Leslie, 1993; Evans, 1995; Jolly, 2009; Mettler, 2011) This was wrapped up, however, in the military-industrial complex, which further necessitated large-scale, institutionalized education systems that would produce knowledge that served “the public,” meaning mostly pro-capitalist, anti-USSR…...
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...In more recent history, parallels can be drawn between STEM initiatives involving the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, its legislative history, and the current “quiet crisis” over America’s ability to compete globally (Friedman, 2005)....
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...In more recent history, parallels can be drawn between STEM initiatives involving the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, its legislative history, and the current “quiet crisis” over America’s ability to compete globally (Friedman, 2005)....
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...—Gov. G. Mennen Williams (Michigan) During the past several years, much discussion has focused on developing America’s future scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians (STEM) in order to remain viable and competitive in a growing global economy (Friedman, 2005)....
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...In contrast to the era of NDEA, the current “quiet [STEM] crisis” as coined by Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has not experienced a galvanizing event such as Sputnik to garner the attention and level of funding on the scale that resulted from Sputnik and NDEA (Friedman, 2005)....
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...…to the era of NDEA, the current “quiet [STEM] crisis” as coined by Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has not experienced a galvanizing event such as Sputnik to garner the attention and level of funding on the scale that resulted from Sputnik and NDEA (Friedman, 2005)....
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