The problems high school physics teachers experience are well known. More than a third of the teachers responding to the 1993 AIP nationwide survey felt that insufficient funding for equipment and supplies was a serious problem. 1 More than a quarter felt that their schools had inadequate laboratory facilities. Relatively few teachers can expect to concentrate primarily on teaching physics.
Physics teachers can increase their effectiveness by forming local alliances.
The advantages for high school teachers to be members of a local physics alliance include the following. A group with a well-reasoned proposal for, say, implementing a program using dedicated classroom computers is harder to ignore than is an individual. The Modeling Workshop Project staff are committed to promoting the formation of alliances among high school physics teachers. We are willing also to assist those soliciting support from business and industries for the infusion of computer technology in the high schools. Please share this document with your colleagues.