IP: $5M SCIENCE EDUCATION INITIATIVE IS LAUNCHED BY APS AND

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

3. $5M SCIENCE EDUCATION INITIATIVE IS LAUNCHED BY APS AND AAPT. 
The American Physical Society and the American Association for
Physics Teachers officially kicked off "The Campaign for Physics"
last Saturday.  William Hewlett of Hewlett-Packard is honorary
chair of a powerhouse executive committee that includes Robert
Allen of AT&T, Norman Augustine of Lockheed-Martin, Robert Galvin
of Motorola, Lewis Platt of Hewlett-Packard, Gordon Moore of
Intel and George Soros, philanthropist.  The campaign also has
the support of 39 Nobel laureates.  With that impressive backing,
the campaign has already raised $3.5M for programs to improve
science education from kindergarten through graduate school.