Abstract

This three-part article, reprinted by permission from The Los Angeles Times, discusses solutions to the science education crisis. The first section surveys how a post-Sputnik experiment in teaching the brightest students leftmost of a generation bored. Part 2 looks at minority schools with hands-on techniques that help students grasp abstract concepts. And the last section urges a national strategy to reformulate mathematics and science.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

Science in Small Schools

Gene I. Maeroff
Appl. Opt. 24(19) 3220-3304 (1985)

Competitiveness begins at school

David Kearns
Appl. Opt. 29(11) 1582-1583 (1990)

Big science vs little science: the controversy mounts

Herbert Friedman
Appl. Opt. 30(31) 4462-4467 (1991)

Whither academe?

Appl. Opt. 29(35) 5217-5219 (1990)

Etching the chips of the future

John Markoff
Appl. Opt. 30(7) 715-716 (1991)