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Reform of Education

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1870–1979Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1870

Joseph Chamberlain1870

Government / Conservative Party Government

Spokesman for the Education League. Objects to the Education Act as denominational schools would be rate subsidized

1891

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1891

Government / Conservative Party Government

Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education

1971

Margaret Hilda Thatcher30 June 1971

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Says LEAs may use the 1944 education act to retain grammar schools

1979

Mark Carlisle1979

Government / Conservative Party Government

Warns the University Grants Committee they must expect large cuts

Names involved

Joseph ChamberlainMargaret Hilda ThatcherMark CarlisleRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd

Provenance

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