In a brief discussion at their most recent meeting, several members of the National Science Board indicated the idea was worth considering. "The fact is," commented Tom Day, president of San Diego State University, "the NSF has been involved in secondary school science education for a generation and a half and the results have not been good."
The Foundation's top administrators bristle at any talk of removing pre-college education activities, which include support for museums, television series and research on the subject. "Science education is a continuum," said Foundation Director Erich Bloch. "You can't just start at the undergraduate or graduate level. There's lots of room for all of us to work in this area."
Fuqua, the former chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, said in a farewell statement to Congress last fall (see "Face to Face," November 17, 1986) that the subject may be "better handled ...
