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Direct linkMartin, Jane – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2020
This article re-visits contestation and critique over the nationwide introduction of comprehensive secondary schools in post-war England. In so doing, it considers the contribution of scholar-activist Caroline Benn (1926--2000) and a network of progressive educators who were challenging ideas about fixed ability or potential and aspiring to build…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Politics of Education, Educational Policy
Gristy, Cath; Letherby, Gayle; Watkins, Ruth – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2020
This paper explores the impact of selection by ability in schooling systems on individual lives. It draws on narratives collected with a group of 18 people (accessed through a local U3A group) who were at school in Britain in a period from the 1940s through to the 1960s. This period saw significant changes in society and to schooling following the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Social Mobility, Foreign Countries, Age Groups
West, Anne – Journal of School Choice, 2023
This paper focuses on school choice and diversity in the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) in historical context. Drawing on primary and secondary documentary sources it assesses continuity, change and divergence, before addressing existing diversity and school choice, and academic outcomes. The 1944 Education Act and associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, School Choice, Diversity
