The article written by Donald Macleod begins simply by dispelling what he describes as the ‘mythology’ surrounding the 1944 Butler Act. With the help of historian David Crook he ousts the idea that Butlers education act was responsible for the ’11 plus’ or for the introduction of the ‘tripartite system’. He does however move quickly away from the discrepancies surrounding the Butler act and instead focuses on the development of the education system in the British state, and how these developments link back to the Butler act of 1944.
Before he moves on to this development however, Macleod discusses, again with reference to David Crook, the context surrounding the Butler Act. He mentions how the Butler act was ‘in fact dreamed up by a group
Before he moves on to this development however, Macleod discusses, again with reference to David Crook, the context surrounding the Butler Act. He mentions how the Butler act was ‘in fact dreamed up by a group