Some Aspects of the Reorganization of Schools
| Author | William F. Herbert |
| Date | 01 April 1931 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1931.tb02018.x |
| Published date | 01 April 1931 |
Some
Aspects
of
the
Reorganization
of
Schools
By
WILLIAM
F.
HERBERT
HE
public system
of
education
in
England and Wales
is
at
T
the present time undergoing
a
complete reorganization,
which was inaugurated three years ago as a result of the Report
of the Consultative Committee
of
the Board
of
Education, issued
in December
1926,
under the title
of
“
The Education of the
Adolescent,” and’commonly known as the Hadow Report. The
recommendations
of
this
Report have been accepted by the Board,
by educational opinion, and
by
the country at large, as
a
great
advance in the opportunities of education for the majority of
children. The principal change involved in the new system is that,
from the age
of
eleven onwards, all children should be educated
in senior schools of one type or another, capable
of
providing
a
varied and progressive course of education for older children.’’
This extract is the introductory paragraph
of
a
leaflet issued by
the Board
of
Education (Cmd.
y~jx),
and gives official recogni-
tion to the process of reorganization which is at present engaging
the attention
of
local education authorities throughout the country.
The term
“
reorganization
”
is
symptomatic, recalling such other
terms as
“
rationalization
”
and
“
reconstruction,” and is indica-
tive
of
a
desire upon the part
of
those most concerned with the
development of education
in
this country to make use
of
the post-
war period for effecting improvements
in
its practice and adminis-
tration. In some parts of the country little attempt has been made
to put into effect the recommendations
of
the Hadow Report;
in
others, while the principles underlying
the
movement
of
reorganiza-
tion are accepted, they
will
be interpreted only
in
partial fashion
and compromise
will
result. There are certain local education
authorities, however, in which reorganization
is
welcomed, and in
consequence complete surveys of their areas are being made,
so
as
to
bring
about a satisfactory grouping
of
schools for the provision
of advanced and practical instruction.
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