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	United States Department of Education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1965 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act PL 89-10
		Unlike the educational system of many other countries, education in the United States is highly decentralized, and the federal government and Department of Education are not heavily involved in determining curriculum or educational standards.
		The quality of educational institutions and their degrees is maintained through an informal process known as accreditation which the Department of Education has no direct control over.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education (480 words)

	National Defense Education Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Defense Education Act of 1958 was passed in response to the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the fear the United States was falling behind in mathematics and science.
		It provided $575 million for education and low interest loans for college students.
		This page was last modified 02:03, 19 July 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Defense_Education_Act (79 words)

	revrul61-53
		The taxpayer's son received a stipend under the provisions of Title IV of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for the purpose of aiding him in studying for a graduate degree in a university.
		The amount of a stipend received under the provisions of Title IV of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, constitutes a scholarship grant which is excludable from the gross income of the recipient under section 117(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
		The purpose of Title IV of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is to assist graduate students in preparing for prospective careers as teachers in colleges and universities.
	www.taxlinks.com /rulings/1961/revrul61-53.htm (764 words)

	National Defense Education Act on Encyclopedia.com
		Magazines and Newspapers for: National Defense Education Act
		The act contains statutory prohibitions of federal direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution.
		The act provides institutions of higher education with 90% of capital funds for low-interest loans to students.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NatlD1efe.asp (366 words)

	Assembly Records 1959-1960
		The faculty of the University of Oregon expresses to the President of the University its grave concern that certain recipients of funds under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 are required to file an affidavit of disbelief repugnant alike to the principles of American citizenship and to the traditions of the University of Oregon.
		The requirement of the affidavit of disbelief in the National Defense Education Act is opposed by the Oregon delegation in the Congress of the United States.
		The faculty of the University of Oregon expresses to the President of the University its grave conceI~ that certain recipients of funds under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 are required to file ari;affidavit of disbelief repugnant alike to the principles of American citizenship and to the traditions of the University of Oregon.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~assembly/Assembly1959-1960All.html (11640 words)

	High School Cross-Examination Debate Topic on Federal Education Policy
		Thanks to the federal National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958, cartloads of federal tax dollars were made available to government appointed scholars, who were mandated to design rigorous new academic curricula in the physical sciences, social sciences, and mathematics.
		Now, twenty years later, Follow Through has been almost totally forgotten, and future teachers are taught in schools of education that instructional method really doesn’t have much of an impact on student performance.
		Based on the Greene ruling, and with the intention of improving educational outcomes among African American children, the Court required many of the nation's school districts to actively assign students to schools based on racial balance requirements, spawning the first mandatory busing programs.
	www.ncpa.org /hotlines/education/debate99/intervention.html (5730 words)

	Columns: What Florida's best governor would think of education
		Congress was about to pass the National Defense Education Act, targeting big money to science, mathematics and foreign language education.
		TALLAHASSEE -- There was panic in the land as the National Education Association prepared for its 1958 convention.
		They are, indeed, important; but it is the rest of education which teaches us how to use these tools.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/06/02/news_pf/Columns/What_Florida_s_best_g.shtml (982 words)

	NEA: No Child Left Behind - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
		A report issued by the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) shows that the the No Child Left Behind Act is, in fact, leaving Native American students behind and contributing to a "crisis in Indian education."
		The "Preliminary Report on No Child Left Behind" was commissioned by NIEA and the Center for Indian Education at Arizona State University to provide insight on the impact that the federal education act has had on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students and the educational institutions they attend.
		The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), renamed "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) in 2001, established laudable goals -- high standards, accountability for all, and the belief that all children can learn, regardless of their background or ability.
	www.nea.org /esea (448 words)

	MSN Encarta - Rhine
		Former Director, National Defense Education Act Institute for Advanced Study in Geography.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578232/Rhine.html (1013 words)

	Chapter9.htm
		In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act launched a comprehensive set of programs, including the Title I program of Federal aid to disadvantaged children to address the problems of poor urban and rural areas.
		And in that same year, the Higher Education Act authorized assistance for postsecondary education, including financial aid programs for needy college students.
		Subtract these dollars, and ED is left with only about 6 percent of total education spending, or roughly $42 billion a year.
	www.andrews.edu /~jimjeff/EDAL520Fall2001/Chapter9.htm (618 words)

	Sept 2
		One of the most important parts of the National Defense Education Act was a creative new initiative in which the U.S. government started to provide government-backed student loans to assist college-bound students with the dream of obtaining a college education.
		On this date in 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Defense Education Act (NDEA).
		A renewed emphasis was placed upon education in mathematics and the sciences, and federal dollars were provided to school districts and public institutions across the nation to make these reforms possible.
	www.eureka.edu /emp/jrodrig/otdieh/sept2.htm (381 words)

	Cal065.htm
		Education: National Defense Education Act (H. Correspondence: re: H. 9846: "To amend and extend the National Defense Education Act of 1958." (Edith Green - Oregon).
		A. Correspondence: re: Language Development Sections of the National Defense Education Act and of Project English in the United States Office of Education; Articles; Booklet.
		Labor: Davis-Bacon Act (H. Correspondence: re: H. 6041: "To amend the prevailing wage section of the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended; and related sections of the Federal Airport Act, as amended; and the National Housing Act, as amended." (James Roosevelt - California).
	www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/albertinventory/Cal065.htm (3972 words)

	User Posts
		The fundamental purpose of the National Defense Education Act is being thwarted.
		The purpose of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 was to ensure the education of the ABLE children to increase the overall intelligence of the American people, which would secure the defense of the United States.
		Parents are not told their child can not join the military in voilation of the National Defense Education Act of 1958.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/user-posts?id=95880 (1179 words)

	Government's 50 Greatest Endeavors: Improve Elementary and Secondary Education
		The omnibus National Defense Education Act of 1958 approved $887 million spread across primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education programs with an emphasis on identifying students gifted in science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages.
		In 1994, Congress passed the Goals 2000: Educate America bill [http://www.ed.gov/G2K] which was a landmark in the government’s efforts to promote educational activism.
		1965 PL 89-10 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
	www.brook.edu /dybdocroot/gs/cps/50ge/endeavors/elementarysecondary.htm (386 words)

	Communist Manifesto - All Ten Planks ... In America!!!
		National Defense Education Act of 1958, a reaction to Russia's Sputnik satellite demonstration, provided grants to education's specialties.
		National Labor Relations Act of 1935, stated purpose to free inter-state commerce from disruptive strikes by eliminating the cause of the strike.
		Federal school lunch program of 1935; National School Lunch Act of 1946.
	www.criminalgovernment.com /docs/planks.html (715 words)

	fedaid.html
		Thanks to the G.I. Bill, National Defense Education Act (NDEA), and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) many Americans have been able to reach higher education.
		In 1958 Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) which appropriated federal funds to improve instruction in those areas considered crucial to national defense and security.
		The educational aspirations Americans hold for their children have never been higher than they are today.
	www.nd.edu /~rbarger/www7/fedaid.html (706 words)

	Fogler Library: Special Collections Sanford Finding Aid
		Also included are records of eight Counselor Education Institutes resulting from the United States National Defense Education Act of 1958.
		His career included employment as an underwriter at the home office of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Boston where he continued his education at Boston University.
		He was appointed to the College of Education faculty (counselor education) in 1958 at the University of Maine and retired from there as Professor Emeritus in 1991.
	www.library.umaine.edu /speccoll/FindingAids/Sanford.htm (525 words)

	Ablechild ADHD support group/ history
		Since The National Defense Education Act was passed, the intent of the act has gone far off course.
		On September 2, 1958, President Eisenhower signed The National Defense Education Act.
		The money allocated for the Able child under the National Defense Education Act was diverted from the National Science Foundation into the National Institute of Mental Health.
	www.ablechild.org /history.htm (391 words)

	National Defense Education Act was signed September 2 in History
		National Defense Education Act was signed September 2 in History
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1958/september_2_1958_120617.html (35 words)

	Government's 50 Greatest Endeavors: Expand Job Training and Placement
		The 1963 amendments to the National Defense Education Act included $731 million in appropriations to states and localities maintaining vocational training programs.
		1963 PL 88-210 Amendments to National Defense Education Act
		The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 featured the Job Corps, a program encompassing a network of rural "conservation camps" and other training centers that offered both basic education and vocational training geared towards school dropouts.
	www.brook.edu /dybdocroot/gs/cps/50ge/endeavors/job.htm (546 words)

	Most New Spending Since 2001 Unrelated to the War on Terrorism
		Back in 1958, when the escalating Cold War was gripping the nation, congressional spenders seeking an expanded federal role in education enacted the National Defense Education Act.
		Lawmakers have successfully blurred the distinction between national security and other spending by simply adding "defense" or "homeland security" to the titles of their old, rejected spending proposals.
		Excluding defense and all 9/11-related costs, federal spending grew by 11 percent from 2001 through 2003--the largest two-year increase in nearly a decade.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Budget/BG1703.cfm (1698 words)

	NCPA - Education Issues - Test Scores And The Level Of Education Spending Appear Unrelated
		Since Congress passed the National Defense Education Act in 1958, the federal government has spent more than $1 trillion, inflation adjusted, on schools.
		Today, there are 760 federal education programs run by 39 agencies -- costing about $100 billion a year.
		NCPA - Education Issues - Test Scores And The Level Of Education Spending Appear Unrelated
	www.ncpa.org /pi/edu/pd031099b.html (320 words)

	National Defense Authorization Act for 2002 - Homeschooling Information from the National Home Education Network
		National Defense Authorization Act for 2002 - Homeschooling Information from the National Home Education Network
		Section 1407 of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 926) is amended--
		National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
	www.nhen.org /nhen/pov/military?id=208 (258 words)

	Objectives of the Program
		In December 1991, the President signed the National Security Education Act.
		The Act provides for the establishment of the National Security Education Program, the National Security Education Board and the National Security Education Trust Fund to carry out the following mission.
		The forum's mission is to promote the educational, social, and career development of Boren Scholars and Fellows upon return to the United States, and to enhance and expand public service opportunities through mutually beneficial partnerships among alumni and other organizations.
	www.ndu.edu /nsep (914 words)

	Congressman Rush Holt Website
		“Just as the National Defense Education Act of 1958 created a generation of scientists, engineers, and Russian linguists to confront the enemy of that time, the National Security Language Act will give us a generation of Americans able to confront the new threats we face today,” said Rep. Holt.
		Conduct national study to identify heritage communities with native speakers of critical foreign languages and make them targets of a federal marketing campaign encouraging students to pursue degrees in those languages. Members of heritage communities are a better and less expensive educational investment than non-heritage speakers with no previous language experience.
		The initial target will be the languages identified by the government-wide needs assessment conducted regularly by the National Security Education Program (NSEP).
	holt.house.gov /issues2.cfm?id=7633 (500 words)

	Funded Research
		National Defense Education Act Title IV Fellowship, Harvard University, 1970-1972.
		National Science Foundation, BRS-9107150; Warren Abrahamson, P.I./P.D., Collaborative Proposal with Timothy Craig, P.I., John Horner, P.I., and Joanne Itami, P.I.; Host Expansion and Speciation in Phytophagous Insects: Behavioral, Ecological, and Genetic Factors.
		National Science Foundation, BRS-8614768--Ecology Program; Warren Abrahamson, P.I.; Collaborative Proposal with Arthur Weis, P.I.; Physiological Mechanisms and Population Parameters in the Evolution of a Plant-Insect Interaction.
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /abrahmsn/fund.html (450 words)

	KerrLeg07.htm
		Supplemental appropriations bill; construction of television facilities; National Defense Education Act; training of specialists in speech pathology and audiology; extension service; school lunch programs; press release from Office of Education regarding National Defense Counseling and Guidance Training Institutes; Practical Nursing Extension Act.
		F 15: Education, National Defense Education Act (1961).
		Copy of S. 2956: To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1946 in order to promote scientific education; extension of Public Law 874; U.S. Science Academy; message from Dwight D. Eisenhower; copy of H.R. 13085 and S. 4089, both of which called for donation of surplus property to public libraries.
	www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/KerrInventory/KerrLeg07.htm (767 words)

	Eisenhower & the New Modern Republicanism (5)
		This law authorized giving hundreds of millions in federal money to schools for science and foreign language education.
		John Foster Dulles' belief that the U. had to show the Communists it was willing to use force and go to the edge of war in order to keep the peace in a nuclear age.
		It created a common market of six European countries that would remove trade restrictions, taxes, and tariffs between member nations.
	www.historyteacher.net /USProjects/Quizzes5-6/Eisenhower5.htm (233 words)

	Stanley Kurtz on Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars on National Review Online
		Eventually, the National Defense Education Act was incorporated into the Higher Education Act of 1965 as Title VI.
		Back in the 1950s, a Cold War Congress passed the National Defense Education Act for the express purpose of funneling foreign-language experts into our defense and intelligence apparatus.
		That's why Boren established the National Security Education Program (NSEP), a scholarship that required beneficiaries to serve in a national security related agency after graduation.
	www.nationalreview.com /kurtz/kurtz.asp (1866 words)

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