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End of Establishment Era Pushes Secular Education Demand
A British Quarterly article argues the Forster Education Act fails in practice by amplifying sectarian strife and inadequately supporting denominational schools. It urges a shift to purely secular state schools, with religion taught separately, as Nonconformists increasingly favor secular education and oppose continued state church influence.
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Forster
Vetra
Blackheath
Gladstone
Committee of Council
British Quarterly
Vaughan
Manchester