| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/24/31 |
| Title | 'Multilateral schools' |
| Date | 1944 - 1955 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), teachers and education committees in Scotland, the Council for Education in World Citizenship, and members of the NUWT regarding discussion of arguments for and against the multilateral school.
The correspondence covers:
Enquiries from NUWT members regarding the official position of the NUWT on multilateral schools and reorganisation
Requests from branches for reports and information on multilateral schools
NUWT Central Council reports on multilateral schools
Information on a lecture being given on 'comprehensive schools' by the Cooperative Union northern section
Comparisons with the school system in Scotland and information on the current school system in Scotland sent by various teachers and Local Education Authorities
Report of a conference 'Tomorrow's Secondary Schools', organised by the Fabian Society in London, 1945
Press cuttings and articles regarding:
Decision of the Minister of Education, Miss Horsburgh, to halt the transfer of a girls school to a larger comprehensive
Arguments for and against comprehensive schools and the reorganisation of schools
Discussion of the system of State education in Sweden
'More about the multilateral school', by Dr. F. M. Earle in 'The Journal of Education', 1945
'The multilateral school - New Zealand developments', the Times Educational Supplement
Publications and reports:
'An examination by the conference of Headmasters and Headmistresses of the London County Council's Maintained Secondary Schools of the proposal to institute multilateral schools in London', 1944
'The Multilateral School', by R. W. Trubridge, 1945
'The secondary stage of education - the multilateral school', NUWT report, 1945
'Impressions of American high school education', Shena D. Simon, 1943 (printed for private circulation only)
'Boys and girls of the United Kingdom', Department of Classroom teachers, National Educational Association of the United States, 1946
'The organisation of comprehensive secondary schools', London County Council, 1953
Prospectus for Dollar Academy, 1945 - 1946 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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