...national survey of student achievement that within the context of the modern scientific revolution," We are raising a new generation of Americans that is scientifically and technologically illiterate." In a similar vein, John Slaughter, a former Director of the National Science Foundation, warned of...

...the Commission in their report were: "We have witnessed a 15-year decline in industrial productivity. We are raising a new generation of Americans that is scientifically and technologically illiterate." They said, "Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science and technological innovation...

...May 1982. The flavor of urgency that pervaded that convocation is captured by the quotations below: "We are raising a new generation of Americans that...is scientifically and technologically illiterate." (Paul Hurd, Stanford University) "We now see our technical preeminence eroding and, if we fail to act,...

...national survey of student achievement that within the context of the modern scientific revolution,"We are raising a new generation of Americans that is scientifically and technologically illiterate." In a similar vein, John Slaughter, a former Director of the National Science Foundation, warned of...

...national survey of student achievement that within the contest of the modern scientific revolution, "We are raising a new generation of Americans that...is scientifically and technologically illiterate." In a similar vein, John Slaughter, a former Director of the National Science Foundation, warned of...

...national survey of student achievement that within the contest of the modern scientific revolution, "We are raising a new generation of Americans that...is scientifically and technologically illiterate." In a similar vein, John Slaughter, a former Director of the National Science Foundation, warned of...

...President's Commission on Excellence in Education cited educational researcher Paul Kurd to the effect that "we are raising a new generation of Americans that...is scientifically and technologically illiterate." Former NSF Director John Slaughter warned of "a growing chasm between a small scientific and technological...

...education researcher Paul Hurd who concluded after a national survey on student achievement in science that "we are raising a new generation of Americans that...is scientifically and technologically illiterate." Another aspect of the problem is noted by John Slaughter who had served as the Director of the National...