This article is a major extract from a position paper addressed to the Executive Director, Governor's Task Force on Public Education Policy, State of Minnesota. The author shows a real and significant underrepresentation by public school students as compared with their private and parochial school counterparts, an impression previously voiced by the Twin Cities Chapter.2 Recommendations are made primarily with an eye to the Minnesota scene, but certain of them may be applicable to other areas of the country.
1 Science Fair Chairman for the AMS Twin Cities Chapter. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Office of Naval Research.
2 See June Bacon-Bercey's Summary of AMS Participation in the 1979 International Science and Engineering Affiliated Fairs in the December 1979 Bulletin (p. 1433–1442).
