American Decades
Awards
NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
1970: Johnnie T. Dennis—Physics and Math Walla Walla High School, Walla Walla, Washington
1971: Martha Stringfellow—First Grade Lewisville Elementary, Chester County, South Carolina
1972: James M. Rogers—American History and Black Studies Durham High School, Durham, North Carolina
1973: John A. Ensworth—Sixth Grade Kenwood School, Bend, Oregon
1974: Vivian Tom—Social Studies Lincoln High School, Yonkers, New York
1975: Roberta G. Heyer—Science Johanna Junior High School, Saint Paul, Minnesota
1976: Ruby Murchison—Social Studies Washington Drive Junior High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1977: Myrra L. Lee—Social Living Helix High School, La Mesa, California
1978: Elaine Barbour—Sixth Grade Coal Creek Elementary, Montrose, Colorado
1979: Marilyn W....
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1970's Education
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- Politics and Funding During the Nixon-Carter Years
- Federal Education Legislation for the Handicapped
- Federal and State Bilingual Education Policy
- Busing to Achieve Desegregation
- The Literacy Crisis
- Textbooks Under Fire
- Religious Schooling During the 1970s
- Open-Admissions Policies in Higher Education
- Minority-Admissions Policies: Before and After Bakke
- Progress for Women in Education
- Teacher Organizations and Politics in the 1970s
- Black Educational Issues of the 1970s
- Vocational and Community Colleges
- The Effects of 1960s Activism on the 1970s
- The Open Classroom, Open Schooling, and Informal Learning
- Curricular Innovations: Stepping Forward, Then Stepping Back
- School-Financing Decisions from the Courts
- Headline Makers
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in Education, 1970–1979
