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Comprehensive schools have been in existence for around 50 years and, by the end of the twentieth century, 90 per cent of young people up to the age of 18 were educated in these schools in England. Of the others, seven per cent attended independent schools and a small number were in selective state schools. With indicators of educational standards in secondary schools rising for the last 20 years, the comprehensive schools can take most of the credit for this improvement. Considered against a background of social upheaval and increasing family instability, the performance of the comprehensive schools is the more remarkable.
That which the best and wisest parents want for their children, so must the community want for all its children.
(John Dewey)
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Dunford, J. (2004). The Success of the Comprehensive Schools. In: Inglis, F. (eds) Education and the Good Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523449_6
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