From School Board to Local Authority

Eric Eaglesham

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040315620
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

First published in 1956, From School Board to Local Authority is a meticulous and exact inquiry into the events which led up to the famous Cockerton v. The School Board for London case. It suggests that the reorganization of the education system in 1902 was not primarily the result of an unexpected legal decision in 'Cockerton Judgement' rather was the outcome of a deliberate policy evolved by Morant and Gorst aimed at ending the administrative confusion which then existed. The book is based mainly on the material found on the files of the Education Department, the Science and Art Department, and the Local Government Board. It further reveals the administrative confusion and jealousies of these Departments, shown as conflicts about Higher Grade Schools, Secondary Schools, Organized Science Schools, and Evening Schools.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• References
• I Introduction
• II Uncertain Foundations
• III Reluctant Tyrants
• IV Higher Day Schools
• V Evening Schools
• VI Auditor's Control of “Elementary” Education
• VII Audit in Eclipse
• VIII Science and Art Expenditure and Elementary Schools in the Provinces
• IX Department and School Board
• X The Crisis
• XI The Argument and the Judgments
• XII The Cockerton Acts, 1901 and 1902
• XIII Higher Day Schools
• XIV Evening Schools
• XV Review and Conclusions
• Appendix A First Morant Memorandum
• Appendix B Second Morant Memorandum
• Appendix C Gorst Memorandum
• Appendix D Third Morant Memorandum (written about February 1901)
• Appendix E Fourth Morant Memorandum
• Index