From R.A. Butler's 1944 Act through the debate over comprehensives in the 1960s to the 1988 Education Reform Act, Brian Simon chronicles the major events in education over the past 50 years.

Education and the Social Order, 1940-1990

Education & Teaching

Simon, Brian

Schools & Teaching

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Psychology in the Soviet Union Ils 272 (International Library of Sociology)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Routledge

Originally published 1969. This reprints the second edition of 1973, with updated reading list and bibliography.This volume sets the movement towards comprehensive education against its historical background and discuss the main reasons for the decision to establish a national comprehensive system.

The Evolution of the Comprehensive School: 1926-1972

Rubinstein, David

Reference

Education in Leicester, 1540-1940; a regional study,

Leicester U.P

Intelligence, Psychology and Education

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Lawrence & W

<p>The first of four studies in the "History of Education in England", this volume traces the emergence of modern education from the efforts of the scientific societies in the 1780s up to the securing of universal education with the Act of 1870. The ideas for model schools by such reformers as James Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham are expounded in detail, together with the early attempts at working people's self-education, the struggle for leadership of the Mechanic's Institutes and Robert Owen's movement for communal education. Reform of the universities and grammar schools is shown as part of the changeover of political power from the landed aristocracy to the industrial middle class. The Chartists are seen striving for working-class education, and the power of the trade unions finally enters to carry through the 1870 Act. This was a century during which the division of England into "two nations" became most clearly marked, and the structure of education for the different classes was determined.</p>

Two Nations and the Educational Structure 1780-1870 (Study in History of Education)

History

Europe

Lawrence & Wishart

The second of four studies in the "History of Education in England", this volume traces developments from the securing of universal education with the Act of 1870 to the conclusion of the First World War. These educational developments were marked by the increasing role played by organised Labour in pressing for reform of the system of universal education - opposing class privilege and prejudice, and urging equal opportunities for all. With the formation of the Public Schools, and then with the defeat of the School Boards which were trying to improve the opportunities for working class children, a divided system of education became well established, in which the few were trained for university entrance and then for the top jobs, while the mass were denied any but an "elementary" education. While Labour opposition to this division was unsuccessful, many vital concessions were won in those years, such as the abolition of school fees and the provision of school meals. Very interesting chapters are devoted to the effects of imperialist expansion on educational ideas, and to the developments and conflicts in adult education.

Education and the Labour Movement 1870-1920

Education and the Social Order: 1940-1990 (Studies in the History of Education)

Lawrence and Wishart Ltd.

Brings together essays and other documents from a cross-section of the education establishment who unite in their criticism of current education policy. Together they make a powerful critique of the government's adherence to dogma at the expense of our children's future.

Education Answers Back: Critical Responses to Government Policy

Lawrence & Wishart Ltd

A detailed critique of John Patten's White Paper, "Choice and Diversity", and the next Tory education bill for which it forms the basis. The text dissects the bill's proposals and reveals what is really at stake beneath the banner of "choice and diversity".

Sos: Save Our Schools

Chitty, Clyde

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