Review of Laura Tisdall, ‘A Progressive Education? How childhood changed in mid-twentieth-century English and Welsh schools’ (Manchester University Press, 2019)

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Post published:17th June 2020

By Laura Carter // Laura Tisdall’s recent book is an alternative, perhaps revolutionary, history of progressive education. Progressive education is usually associated with the left, social justice, and social progress.…

English and Welsh secondary school magazines, 1950s-1970s

Post published:30th March 2020

By Laura Carter // Chris Jeppesen, Peter Mandler and I have spent most of this academic year doing research in Local Authority archives for the six regional case study areas…

British Adolescent Pupils Write About Age, 1962-64

Post published:3rd May 2019

By Laura Tisdall // Dr Laura Tisdall has just completed the first year of a three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in History at Queen Mary, University of London. She specialises…

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Post published:7th November 2017

By Laura Carter Thanks for taking an interest in our new research project, 'Secondary Education and Social Change in the UK since 1945' (SESC). We'll be using this blog to…