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California schools move to metric system in 1976
State Superintendent Wilson Riles announced that California will convert to the metric system starting in 1976 with the 1976-77 school year. He described inches pounds and quarts as outdated and said new math and science texts will use metric measurements, urging teacher training programs to prepare. The U.S. remains one of the few major nations still on the English system.
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