The Ragged Schools Union

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf organization
gptkbp:activities establishing schools
gptkbp:advocatesFor child welfare
free education
equal education opportunities
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:British_and_Foreign_School_Society
gptkb:National_Society_for_Promoting_Religious_Education
gptkbp:associated_with ragged schools
gptkbp:collaboratedWith local governments
local communities
gptkbp:curriculum basic literacy and numeracy
gptkbp:dissolved 1908
gptkbp:educational_programs non-denominational
gptkbp:enrollment impoverished children
gptkbp:founded 1844
gptkbp:founder gptkb:John_Pounds
gptkbp:funding donations
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
gptkbp:historical_significance social reform movement
gptkbp:historicalContext Industrial Revolution
social inequality
education reform movement
urban poverty
Victorian values
child labor issues
charitable organizations in the 19th century
philanthropy movement
rise of public education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Ragged Schools Union
gptkbp:impact improved literacy rates
gptkbp:influenced education reform
Victorian_education_policies
gptkbp:inspiration future educational charities
gptkbp:legacy increased access to education
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:membership teachers and philanthropists
gptkbp:notable_event first ragged school opened
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:George_Peabody
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkb:Thomas_Barnardo
gptkb:Lord_Shaftesbury
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkbp:operates over 300 schools
gptkbp:productionYears 19th century
gptkbp:promoted moral education
gptkbp:provides vocational training
clothing and meals
gptkbp:purpose provide education to poor children
gptkbp:successor gptkb:London_School_Board
gptkbp:supported working-class families
gptkbp:type charity
gptkbp:volunteers teachers