Secondary Education in England 1870-1902: Public Activity and Private Enterprise

by Roach; JOHN

• ISBN13: 9780415035729
• ISBN10: 0415035724
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-07-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In this comprehensive and extensively researched history, John Roach argues for a reassessment of the relative importance of state regulation and private provision. Although public schools in England enjoyed their greatest prestige between 1870 and 1902, in terms of educational reform and progress their importance has been exaggerated. The role of the public school, Roach suggests, was social rather than academic, and as such its power and influence is to be interpreted mainly in relation to the growth of new social elites, the concept of public service, and the needs of the empire for a bureaucratic ruling class. Only in the modern progressive movement, launched by Cecil Reddie, and the private provision for young women, was lasting progress made. Even before the 1902 Education Act the state had spent much time and effort regulating and reforming the old educational endowments, and it is in these initiatives that the foundations for the public provision of secondary educational reform are to be found.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. x
The Endowed Schools	p. 1
The Work of the Endowed Schools Commission 1869-74	p. 3
Poverty, Merit, and Social Differentiation	p. 14
Political, Administrative, and Religious Issues	p. 25
Academic Policies and the Curriculum	p. 33
Conflict in the Provinces- Bristol, Birmingham	p. 43
The Charity Commissioners after 1875	p. 58
The Endowed Schools about 1890	p. 69
Public Activity in Secondary Education	p. 85
'Our New Secondary Education...'	p. 87
Higher-Grade Schools: Bradford, Sheffield, Manchester	p. 95
The 1890s: The Technical Instruction Committees	p. 104
The Public Schools	p. 117
The Public School Image	p. 119
The Public Schools and Society	p. 129
The Public School Community	p. 142
Private and Private Foundation Schools	p. 155
Private Schools: Strengths and Weaknesses	p. 157
Private Schools: Policies and Practices	p. 166
Some Individual Schools	p. 176
Semi-Public and Private Foundation Schools	p. 188
The Education of Girls	p. 199
Endowed Schools-1	p. 201
Endowed Schools-2	p. 207
Proprietary and Other Schools-1	p. 215
Proprietary and Other Schools-2	p. 222
The Girls' Schools and Their Objectives	p. 229
The Internal Life of Girls' Schools	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 273
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