Laura McInerney proposes to analyze three progressive schools opened in the UK during the 1920s: Beacon Hill led by Bertrand and Dora Russell, Summerhill led by A.S. Neill, and Malting House led by Geoffrey Pyke and Susan Sutherland Isaacs. She will examine the primary motivations of the school leaders using primary sources like newspapers and the leaders' own writings. She will also analyze how the schools were planned and opened, and whether they lived up to expectations initially or faced quick demise. Laura may consider the sources through a psychohistorical lens to gain new insights into why the schools were created and, in some cases, closed.