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President Dwight Eisenhower In these series of posts, I will discuss the federal aid to education starting with the National Defense Education Act, 1958 (NDEA) which was passed during the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower and culminating with the No Child Left...

President George H W Bush After the end of the Reagan administration, the federal emphasis on equity shifted. When President George H.W. Bush took office the federal emphasis gradually moved towards a greater focus on excellence and less on equity. On April 5, 1989...

President James (Jimmy) Earl Carter In this post I will discuss the input of President Jimmy Carter in the federal involvement in education. His administration was very short-lived, lasting for only one term (1977-1981), but in that time he was able to insert the...

President John F Kennedy In this post I will discuss the activities of President Kennedy as he struggled to get his bills passed by an unfriendly Congress. The next post will examine how President Lynden B Johnson learned from his predecessor and avoided his mistakes....

President Lyndon B Johnson Kennedy’s failure was Johnson’s success. President Kennedy was unable to get his general aid package passed because of the several previously discussed reasons. It was therefore left for President Johnson, who, continuing the legacy of...

President Ronald Reagan Not only did the federal government outdo itself with the ESEA in 1965, but Carl Kaestle1 claims that between 1957 and 1978 the trajectory of federal intervention in education was generally upward even though the road was bumpy. However, all...