American Decades

Important Events in Education, 1970–1979

English, French, and social studies teachers are in surplus throughout the U.S.
The Saint Louis School District adopts a twelve-month schedule for elementary school and junior high; students attend nine weeks, then take three weeks off.
On February 8, Alabama Governor and 1968 presidential candidate of the American Independent Party, George Wallace urges southern governors to defy integration orders at a Birmingham rally; he vows to run for president again in 1972 if President Richard Nixon "doesn't do something about the mess our schools are in."
On April 22, the first Earth Day celebration calls attention to the environmental dangers of pollutants. Two thousand college campuses host events and over ten thousand elementary and high-school students take part.
On May 4, the Ohio National Guard kills four students and wounds eight at a Kent State University student rally protesting...

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