Fisher Act
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The Fisher Act was a landmark British law that expanded and reformed public education after World War I, including raising the school leaving age and improving access to secondary schooling.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fisher Act canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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education law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Education Act 1918 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
local education authorities
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state schools ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
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Wales ⓘ |
| chronology | predecessor of Education Act 1944 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| effect |
extended compulsory education
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increased provision of secondary education ⓘ raised school leaving age ⓘ strengthened role of local education authorities ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | education policy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period in Britain ⓘ |
| inception | 1918 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | primary legislation ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
public education
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school leaving age ⓘ secondary education ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Herbert Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of education in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| purpose |
expansion of public education
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improvement of access to secondary schooling ⓘ reform of the education system ⓘ |
| regulates |
compulsory schooling
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provision of secondary education ⓘ |
| significance | landmark in British education reform ⓘ |
| temporalContext | post–World War I period ⓘ |
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