...lies in her system of education. In 1955 the first White House Conference on Education reported that : Ignorance is a far greater handicap to an individual...uneducated populace is a greater handicap to a nation. On September 28, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson said at Brown University that: The answer for all...

...knowledge will be slow in its industrial progress and weak in its competitive position in world trade." Ignorance is a far greater handicap to an individual...trend is obviously going to continue and quicken." An important . . . reason for the growing importance of education is the plain fact that the schools have...

...Education. "One fundamental fact merges, schools now affect the welfare of the United States more than a generation ago, and an uneducated populace is a...trend is obviously going to continue and quicken." (Page 126.) How prophetic this statement turned out to be. With the launching of Sputnik, it was obvious...

...Education. One fundamental fact merges, schools now affect the welfare of the United States more than a generation ago, and an uneducated populace is a...trend is obviously going to continue and quicken. How prophetic this statement turned out to be. With the launching of Sputnik, it was obvious that one...