Efforts during the month of March 1976 will be focused on providing metric workshops and meetings for the adult\/parent population.<\/span><\/p>\n Because the State Department is providing five hours of training for key teachers throughout the state, there will be at least one local teacher in each district who will have materials and the expertise to work with adult\/parent groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In the 1970s, the U.S. tried to switch to the metric system with the Metric Conversion Act, but the change was voluntary, not mandatory. Businesses resisted costs, schools taught both systems, and the public didn\u2019t see a reason to switch. By the 1980s, the effort was abandoned, leaving the U.S. still mainly using customary units, with metric showing up only in science, medicine, the military, and some manufacturing.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n January 1971 excerpts<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThe Board of Directors of the MCTM is organizing air travel to the annual meeting of NCTM, to be held in Anaheim, California\u2026 Western Airlines is providing a round trip group rate at $162 ($1,388 in 2025 dollars) per person, including tax. This is a 20% reduction off the regular full fare, the only restriction being that all individuals must travel out to Anaheim together as a group, but they may return individually.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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