It was one of those Thirties progressive schools, you understand. The guillotine was displayed without comment alongside the arch at the school fair. Back to the conference, and none too soon. The NSRC's mission and the purpose of the Institute is to help American students catch up with the world in science. The only way is to have a strong kindergarten through 12th grade program.
Computers are just one tool.
To understand the ideas of science in a meaningful way, you need to do experiments. A number of companies and nonprofit organizations have put together kits for teaching them. The problem, as with any new idea, has been to interest the people who run the schools and control the way things are taught. And this is what the Institute is about. Its initiators are way ahead already.