La educación española en el último tercio del siglo XX. De la dictadura a la democracia.

The political changes and social transformations that occurred in the last decades of the 20^th century were fundamental for the evolution of Spanish society. In this paper we present the evolution that Spanish education has experienced from the dictatorship to the democratic stage. Following the legislative development, we will study the period that goes from the final years of the dictatorship with the enactment of the General Education Law in 1970 until the approval of the Organic Law of Education in 2006. Some thirty years in which Spanish education was advancing and transforming spaces. A series of improvements in education stand out, which were reflected in the extension of schooling and in the access of women to different academic levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]