Making of the 1944 Education ACT

by Michael Barber

The 1944 Education Act was a crucial piece of British legislation - one of the most important this century. It was passed against a background of war and growing popular demand for social reform. It provided a framework for the education service which remained largely intact for almost fifty years. Since 1988, however, with the introduction of a National Curriculum and competition between schools, the workings of the Act have been largely dismantled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304326615
• ISBN13: 9780304326617
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.6"