What Were the Main Features of Nineteenth Century School Acts? Local School Organization, Basic Schooling, a Diversity of Revenues and the Institutional Framework of an Edu- cational Revolution

Johannes Westberg

Rivista di storia economica, 2020, issue 2, 139-173

Abstract: This article explores the main features of the provision, organization and funding of nineteenth century European school acts. It indicates that these school acts promoted schooling that was basic, rather than compulsory, and provided a framework for schools funded by a diversity of revenues, and three types of local organization either based on the church, municipalities or several organizations. As a result, this articlecomplements the analysis of determinants of rise of mass schooling, and the debate on decentralization, with an overview of European school acts and a theoretical challenge to further address the varying institutionalframework of nineteenth-century schooling.

Keywords: Primary schooling; institutions; school acts; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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