Virtually no one questioned the value of science or the importance of ensuring that all students have a fundamental understanding of science. One of the fears that preoccupied Gross and Levitt was that the schools would soon be teaching feminist science or Afrocentric science. At the time they wrote their book, there was a proposed Afrocentric science curriculum, but it was soon laughed out of consideration. Since then, the only curricula receiving serious attention were those aimed at implementing the standards developed by the National Academy of Sciences. The tendency among scientists is to do what they've always done-ignore them.
Success breeds complacency.
If society is supporting us, we must be doing what's right. Gross and Levitt allowed in their book that there was a place for a critical analysis of the interplay of social and cultural forces with scientific research. Apparently, only someone who was a member of the culture could understand it well enough to evaluate it reliably and objectively. Let's hope that they don't apply the same standard to criminology. The simple truth is that they have little respect for the analytic skills of those in the humanities or the social sciences.