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Science and mathematics education in this country is in a precarious state. Most of our students do not learn nearly as much as they could and many of our teachers are ill prepared. That the state of affairs has deteriorated to the point of becoming a crisis is confirmed by the number of editorials in our journals, the amount of legislation being proposed at all levels, the attention given the subject in the popular press and the number of meetings held to discuss the crisis. Thus, for example, the National Academy of Sciences sponsored a national convocation (May 1982) to consider the state of precollege education in the United States. The topic also received special attention in October 1982 at The American Institute of Physics Corporate Associates meeting and at the Spring 1983 meeting of the AIP Assembly of Society Officers and the AIP Governing Board meeting.

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