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“Not only was the whole discourse about curriculum radically altered, but the entry of the federal government onto the scene of battle on such a massive scale changed the dynamics of how the curriculum was shaped and instituted.” (Kliebard, 2004, Preface to the third edition, para. 3) **1958** http://www.amscied.net/Policy_Documents/NDEA_(1958)_files/NDEA.jpg “The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. The present emergency demands that additional and more adequate educational opportunities be made available. The defense of this Nation depends upon the mastery of modern techniques developed from complex scientific principles.” (National Defense Education Act of 1958 in Kliebard, 2004, p. 267) NEXT