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Nassau William Senior

 
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Resolutions And Heads Of Report by Nassau William Senior. Resolutions proposed by Mr. Senior, 8th February 1860, address the problem of how the state should engage with education and the protection of vulnerable children. The work lays out a four-part framework for action: withdrawing Government interference in education; substituting rates for Privy Council grants; maintaining the Privy Council system with targeted modifications; and implementing careful reforms to improve efficiency and equity. It proceeds to outline the Heads of Report, including Withdrawal of Government Interference, the Substitution of Rates for Grants, the Maintenance of the Privy Council System, and the Fourth Head on modifications to be applied. The text then details nine modification categories (A–I) covering extending Privy Council aid to poorer districts, improving education for workhouse and outdoor pauper children, reforming factory and printwork schools, and addressing unregulated trades. Senior discusses district and separate pauper schools, the use of charities, and the conscience clause, envisioning an inspector-led framework for rate-supported schools. Throughout, the author analyzes 19th-century debates on education, religion, and public finance and argues for a policy that protects children while encouraging social responsibility.

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