The show revolves around Pete Dixon, a dedicated black teacher, as he strives to instill tolerance in his students at Walt Whitman High. He receives support from his girlfriend and school counselor, Liz, and later, student teacher Alice, who becomes a full-time teacher. The students have a specia...
The show follows the daily lives of a group of teachers and students at Walt Whitman High School in Los Angeles, as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and adulthood.
Aired: Sep 17, 1969In the pilot episode (which opens as essentially a continuation of the scenes...
2. Naked Came We Into the World
Aired: Sep 24, 1969When one of the long-time teachers resigns as the advisor for the Junior Clas...
Aired: Oct 1, 1969One of Pete Dixon's fellow history teachers complains about a boy named Harve...
Aired: Oct 8, 1969Liz McIntyre is concerned about Jason Allen, who believes that he's not colle...
Aired: Oct 15, 1969A city-wide flu epidemic causes so many teachers to call in sick that the ver...
6. First We'll Eat, Then We'll Strike
Aired: Oct 22, 1969News reports suggest that a proposed school bond will fail by a large margin,...
Aired: Oct 29, 1969Two men from a company named Automation West, which helps find employment for...
Aired: Nov 5, 1969Liz McIntyre is assigned to substitute in the "Preparation for Marriage" clas...
Aired: Nov 12, 1969Jason Allen becomes smitten with a girl from the school named Elaine Harris. ...
Aired: Nov 19, 1969Pete Dixon's class is studying civil disobedience apostle Henry David Thoreau...
Aired: Nov 26, 1969Alice Johnson is due for a review by the school district's supervisor of stud...
Aired: Dec 3, 1969The sometimes outlandish clothing that the students are wearing to school, es...
13. Seventeen Going on Twenty-Eight
Aired: Dec 10, 1969Pete Dixon is at a diner alone when a young woman asks his help to avoid a ma...
Aired: Dec 17, 1969Walt Whitman High has arranged for an exchange teacher from England, Dora Hug...
Aired: Dec 24, 1969Robert Salazar, a Mexican-American student with a high aptitude but who is in...
Aired: Dec 31, 1969More than 100 colleges are competing to recruit Whitman's talented halfback R...
Aired: Jan 7, 1970Walt Whitman High -- and Principal Kaufman -- is plagued with two problems on...
Aired: Jan 14, 1970Walt Whitman is planning an assembly to encourage its students to stay in sch...
Aired: Jan 21, 1970Pete Dixon has his doubts about Roger Duncan, who teaches government at Whitm...
20. Once Upon a Time There Was Air You Couldn't See
Aired: Jan 28, 1970A discussion in Pete Dixon's class about the difference that one person can m...
21. The Whole World Can Hear You
Aired: Feb 11, 1970Liz McIntyre finds herself caught between the desires of Sharon Stopps, one o...
Aired: Feb 18, 1970Pete Dixon starts teaching an evening adult education class at Walt Whitman t...
23. I Love You Charlie, I Love You Abby
Aired: Feb 25, 1970Charlie and Abby, two of Walt Whitman's students, approach Pete Dixon and Liz...
Aired: Mar 4, 1970A new transfer student, Dennis Joplin, comes to Walt Whitman from John Adams ...
Aired: Mar 11, 1970Principal Seymour Kaufman asks Pete Dixon to take over a remedial reading cla...
Aired: Mar 18, 1970Over Principal Seymour Kaufman's objections, the school district forces Walt ...
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