1.0 Introduction
Education Act speaks about schooling which mainly emphasizes on students. Education Act plays the role as a guideline or referral point for all aspects relating to education. At current, there are several existing acts on education. One of the earliest ones and recognized Education Act would be the 1870 Education Act which will be summarized, contextualized and evaluated in the following subtopics.
2.0 1870 Education Act Summarized
The 1870 Education Act, universally recognized as Foster’s Education Act, set the structure of schooling for all children aged between 5 and 13 years old (Politics, 2014). Gillard (2011) mentioned that the 1870 Education Act which ‘established school boards to oversee and complete the network of schools and bring them all under some form of provision’ was drafted by Liberal MP, William Forster, and it was introduced on 9 August 1870. 1870 Education Act is the start of obligatory state education (Shaw, 2011). The Act was introduced with the purpose to handle education aspect in Britain (Parliament, No Date). The Parliament (No Date) further added on by stating the act permitted ‘voluntary schools to carry on unchanged, but established a system of ‘school boards’ to build and manage schools in areas where they were needed’. The Act contains three parts and five schedules that deal with organizational issues.
1870 Education Act stated that:
(a) the country would be divided into about 2500 school districts;
(b) School
In the UK all children aged between 3 and 4 years have the right to receive the minimum of 15 hours education which can be used between 3 and 5 days per week. There are many ways that this can be provided.
This Act transferred the responsibility of children with special educational needs looked after by the health service to the local authority and as a result many special schools were built.
Education Act 2002/2006 - Schools which have innovative ideas to improve education, but are prevented by an existing law from implementing them, will be able to apply for exemption from that law. Schools which demonstrate a high standard of teaching will be given exemption national controls such as the national curriculum, agreements on teachers' pay and conditions and the way the scheduling of the school day and terms. The act imposes various minimum standards for independent schools in areas such as health and safety and space requirements
In class, we were put into groups and had to present an act to the rest of the class and state how it works in school today. Me and Anne presented the childrens act 1989 which is shown on the next page. Following that is the other groups presentation handouts on the different acts.
The Education Act 2002 – local schools and authorities are required to protect and safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
| Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 requires local education authorities and governing bodies of maintained schools and FE colleges to make arrangements to ensure that their functions are carried out with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.All children deserve the opportunity to achieve their full potential. The five outcomes that are key to children’s and young people’s wellbeing are: * Stay safe * Be healthy * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive contribution * Achieve economic wellbeing The school should give effect to their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils (students under the age of 18 years of age) under the Education Act 2002 and , where appropriate, under the Children Act 1989 by: * Creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for children and young people. * Identifying where there are child welfare concerns and taking action to address them in partnership with other
The Enforcement Act of 1871 (Civil Rights Act of 1871) it ties into why the Title 42 U.S.C Section 1983 was preformed, it was also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act. The purpose of the 42 U.S.C Section 1983 was to provide a civil remedy against abuse and cruel punishment they were receiving from the Ku Klux Klan on the southern states. The laws protected all the citizens of the U.S. Regardless of the color of their skin. Deliberate indifference is the prevailing standard for establishing a variety of civil rights claims in the jail or prison context. At first these rights were only implied for for people with medical care, then was required for all people. The Farmer vs. Brennan case was argued from January 12, 1994 until June 6, 1994, about petitioners
The Morrill Act of 1862 and 1890 was the beginning of American Public Education. This trend was designed to provide equal opportunity to the different socioeconomic groups.
The UNCRC of 1989 was signed by all countries apart from the USA and Somalia and entitles children to forty rights. This promotes pupil wellbeing as it states they have the ‘right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health’ (article 24) and promotes achievement as it states that all children are
This Act, which regulates the childcare in England, formalise the important strategic role of local authorities play through a set of duties. These duties require
These changes intended to introduce principles of supply and demand into schools. Schools were forced to compete with each other for pupils and resources. Before the 1988 Act, entry to schools was based on catchment areas and they did not have to compete for children. After 1988, catchment areas still existed but parents had the right to go outside them. Competition was increased and a big part of that was due to league tables and statistics being produced. However, the 1988 Act contains contradictory messages. One message is concerned with increasing centralisation and state control and the second is concerned with parental choice
The idea behind the Act is to promote (co-ordination between multiple official entities to improve the overall well-being of children. The 2004 Act also specifically provided for including and affecting disabled children. The Act places a duty on local authorities and their partners (including the police, health service providers and the youth justice system) to co-operate in promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
The act was designed to make a difference to the education of SEN children by allowing them to have access to the educational facilities available all children. This is done by offering support tailored to the needs of the individual and their families whilst taking the opinion and wishes of the child into account with
Life in New Zealand in the late 1800’s was looking quite grim. Section 89 presented in the 1877 Education act, was considered important at the time because the government wanted the notion of building a nation and society, improving the lives of individuals, developing an economy, and to integrate different groups into ‘the social contract’ (Codd, J., & Openshaw, R, 2005) Education was perceived as a formula for this to happen. The reasons for exemptions, was firstly as stated by Charles Bowen (1877) “that it was not the intention to encourage children whose vocation is that of honest labour to waste in higher schools time which might be better spent in learning a trade” (Stephenson,2009 p.9). It was considered enough to gain basic skills in
the act made it the law for children age 5-10 to attend school. Until the act there was a great difference when it came to the education of the different classes of people. Initially, schools were only for the rich. Until the age of 10, rich children would be educated at home. After that, the boys would attend public schools.