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In The Gifted Generation, historian David Goldfield examines the generation immediately after World War II and argues that the federal government was instrumental in the great economic, social, and environmental progress of the era. Following the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation, the returning vets and their children took the unprecedented economic growth and federal activism to new heights. This generation was led by presidents who believed that federal legislation, by encouraging individual opportunity, would help the entire nation.

"Fighting Bias in Programs for Gifted Students" is from the April 09, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Susan Dynarski and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

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