ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates Fred Clarke’s ideals of liberal democracy and proceeds to explore his arguments for educational reforms during the Second World War. It reveals that Clarke’s ideals of democracy were the foundation for his positions on educational issues. For example, based on his ideals concerning the functions of the state in education, Clarke called for the substitution of the Ministry of Education for the Board of Education. In line with his ideal of equality, Clarke argued that public schools should be brought into the area of national selection and become accessible to the whole population. Even so, he did not support the abolition of these schools, since he believed that the state should not impair, but enhance vitality and diversity in community. On the grounds of his organic interpretation of equality and his ideal of freedom for diversity of personality, Clarke turned to attack the tripartite system and campaigned for experiments with the multilateral school.
