Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; The work of the Endowed Schools Commission 1869 74; Poverty, merit, and social differentiation; Political, administrative, and religious issues; Academic policies and the curriculum; Conflict in the provinces; Bristol, Birmingham; The Charity Commissioners after 1875; The endowed schools about 1890; 'Our new Secondary Education'; Higher-grade schools: Bradford, Sheffield, Manchester; The 1890s: the technical instruction committees; The public school image; The public schools and society.
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Roach argues for a reassessment of the relative importance of State regulation and private provision in this history of secondary education in England between 1870 and 1902.
Secondary education in England, 1870-1902.
Education and state-- England-- History-- 19th century.