Dutch Schools and Religious Segmentation

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in the industry, but that only about half that number came forward. 3For example, on 16 December 1958 the British Productivity Council called a nationwide meeting of industrialists, labor union leaders, and educators to discuss experiments in productivity in secondary schools. In these, people from industry had helped in the education of selected pupils in their last school year in one school district (Burton). The Council expected the scheme to be greatly expanded. [Report in Manchester Guardian, 17 December 1958] 4For instance the Arnold High School recently established in Nottingham, with Dr. J. H. Higginson as Headmaster. 5These can be read about in Education, by R. Pedley (Gollancz, London, 1956) 1 A slowly growing number from homes which can afford increasingly heavy fees goes to prestige-conferring private schools. This leakage may be of great social importance in the circumstances of England, and it may directly affect a teacher's choice of employment. 7The sequel to this article Comprehensive Schools in England: Their Prospects, will be published in the next issue of Comparative Education Review.