Number 220 (Story #4), April 3, 1995 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein BIOLOGY/CHEMISTRY/PHYSICS is the usual sequence in which yearlong science courses are taught in American high schools. This means that if only one or two years of science are required for graduation then physics is shortchanged; indeed, less than 25% of students enroll in high school physics. Recently, however, the Chicago School Board voted to establish a 3-year science requirement for all students by 1998. New York City may also adopt such a curriculum. Leon Lederman, director emeritus of Fermilab, sees this as an occasion to institute an integrated 3-year science sequence in which physics would at last play an important role. Lederman admits that this initiative would entail extensive revisions in textbooks, testing, and teacher training. (Physics Today, April 1995.)