Richard Willis

Susan Isaacs: A Life Freeing the Minds of Children

Richard Willis reviews Susan Isaacs: A Life Freeing the Minds of Children by Philip Graham.

Published October 2 2009

Playful Learning: The History of Progressive Education

Concerns about the British primary school curriculum made their way onto the political agenda last year with the publication of the interim Rose Report. With the full report imminent, Richard Willis looks at the history of progressive education and ponders its future.

Published January 13 2009

A Vital Operation: GMC Established

Richard Willis charts how order was brought to the medical profession by the foundation of the General Medical Council 150 years ago.

Published December 11 2008

Learning in the Classroom

Richard Willis believes the government should pay attention to the history of teacher-training in its plans for school-based training schemes for graduates.

Published March 21 2007

Testing Times

As thousands of pupils prepare for their exam results, Richard Willis describes the origins of school examinations in England.

Published July 20 2005

Teachers Rule OK

Richard Willis describes the long struggle to get teachers their own professional organisation.

Published August 31 2000

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.