History A-Level
Expansion of schooling
What Expansion of schooling means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Expansion of schooling
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Education advanced through the 1833 government grant to church schools, the 1870 Education Act creating board schools, and the 1918 Education Act raising the school leaving age.
Topics that use Expansion of schooling
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 2 The world of childhood (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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