In 1957 the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik I and Sputnik II, the world’s first space satellites, caused more panic about education. Many felt that the nation had fallen behind its Cold War enemy. They blamed what they saw as a lack of technical education. Efforts to improve math and science education began. Yet fears about the nation’s young people lingered at the end of the decade.
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