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- Richard Austen Butler - who was always known as 'Rab' - was born on 9 December 1902 in India. He was educated at Cambridge University and in 1923 became Conservative member of parliament for Saffron Walden. He held a number of junior ministerial positions in the 1930s.
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What is the legacy of the Education Act, 70 years on? Rab Butler's 1944 reforms gave teachers autonomy but schools' freedom today comes with strings attached. Roy Blatchford. Tue 22 Apr...
Rab Butler revolutionised education in 1944. Let’s do it again. Sir Tim Brighouse. Our school system is broken and only a radical new education act for the 21st century will fix it. Tue 3...
Rab Butler. (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) Richard Austen Butler was a British Conservative politician who rose to fame during his tenure as the Education Minister (1941–45). He was the one responsible for overseeing the Education Act 1944 which changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales.
Richard Austen Butler - who was always known as 'Rab' - was born on 9 December 1902 in India. He was educated at Cambridge University and in 1923 became Conservative member of parliament for ...
1944 Education Act. Rab Butler was the Minister of Education in the coalition government formed by Winston Churchill in 1940. Butler's 1944 Education Act was an attempt to create the structure for the post-war British education system. The act raised the school-leaving age to 15 and provided universal free schooling in three different types of ...
The Education Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the Butler Act after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler.
