What Event Brought Federal Attention to Elementary School Education

question 28

Multiple Choice

What event brought federal attention to elementary school education?

• A) the fear that the Soviets were winning the Cold War through better technology
• B) low levels of literacy in America's inner cities
• C) the return of veterans at the end of World War II
• D) the Great Depression
• E) the fear that the Japanese were outperforming American students in math and science

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