▁president ▁and ▁Harvard ’ s ▁president , ▁James ▁B . ▁Con ant . ▁ ▁Third ▁W ave : ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁& ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁gave ▁an ▁order ▁grant ing ▁b iling ual ▁education ▁for ▁ ▁Spanish - spe aking ▁students . ▁The ▁Equ al ▁O pport unity ▁in ▁Education ▁Act ▁which ▁prohib ited ▁disc rim ination ▁or ▁unf air ▁treatment ▁for ▁all ▁people ▁with ▁regards ▁to ▁free ▁and ▁guaranteed ▁education ▁was ▁rat ified ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁ ▁Des egr ation ▁by ▁B using ▁Stud ents ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁was ▁featured ▁as ▁a ▁cover ▁story ▁in ▁Time ▁magazine . ▁▁ ▁Des eg reg ation ▁bus ing ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁simply ▁bus ing ▁or ▁forced ▁bus ing ) ▁is ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁assigning ▁and ▁transport ing ▁students ▁to ▁schools ▁within ▁or ▁outside ▁their ▁local ▁school ▁districts ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁in ▁schools . ▁ ▁The ▁College ▁Board , ▁a ▁non pro fit ▁organization , ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁Sch ol astic ▁A pt itude ▁test ▁scores ▁decl ined ▁stead ily ▁beginning ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁education ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁vital ▁public ▁concern ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁get ▁ade qu ate ▁attention ▁from