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The onset of the Cold War had implications for the growing criticism of education in America.
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Attacks on the state of schooling in America at midcentury concentrated on Satan and alleged political radicalism in the public schools (261).
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Bestor and Hand: life adjustment education was anti-intellectual; "It is not the job of the school to meet the common and specific individual needs of youth."
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Represented the rise of a renewed respect for intellectualism in America.
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Rejection of the "separate but equal" clause.
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Hyman Rickover: Push for high performance in science and technical areas. Advocate for an increase of intellect to be able to compete on an international scale.
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Supported Rickover's notion of foreign intellectual superiority, especially in terms of science and technology.
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National security depends on educating our youth in technical skills based on scientific principles. Emphasis on curriculum revision in math, science, and foreign languages.
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Cremin's three characteristics: expansion of intellectual development; application of scientific research; tailoring instruction to different types of students.
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Krug saw social efficiency as a potent ideology with the emphasis on social control.
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Katz railed against the myth of history, which is used by elite groups to promote self-interest.
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Pinnacle of Rickover's efforts
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Historians talked about social class considerations and against celebratory history.
