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Tobias R. Weaver, Head of the Information Branch of the London Ministry of Education, has been observing the American educational system for three months, under a Smith--Mundt State Department grant. During this time he has observed a basic difference between British and American school...
...England," said Weaver, "schools are more remotely governed. Here, there is a greater belief in local citizen control, and a greater pressure on school administration...
...Weaver said also that he had seen cases of Academic freedom violations, both in large universities and smaller school systems. He could point to nothing like this in the English system...
According to Weaver, another difference in comparative education is the greater emphasis on religious training in lower English schools. By law, elementary schools in Great Britain must give non-denominational religious training...
...select our university students by their intellectual qualifications." Weaver said. "If students do not have the ability, they leave school at the ages...