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| The Social Meliorists view that schools can be a major force of social change and can raise generations ready and able to deal with social ills has taken root, especially during the civil rights movement. |
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| G. Stanley Hall was the key figure among the Developmentalists, who believe that the natural order of development in a child should be the basis in determining what should be taught. |
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| Franklin Bobbitt launched the Social Efficiency ideology by demanding that educators learn to use the scientific techniques of production developed by industry. |
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| National Defense Education Act |
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| National Defense Education Act (NDEA), U.S. federal legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958, that provided funding to improve American schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal of the legislation was to enable the country’s educational system to meet the demands posed by national security needs. |
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