Michael Lawrence

When veteran Australian educator Michael Lawrence visited Finland to take a look at their world-leading education system, he came away in a state of shock. "Finnish teachers looked at me as if I was a child molester when I described the NAPLAN tests given to children as young as eight. When they suggested that the results of these tests would...

We are creating society. Creating Schools reminds us that while we argue about reading and instruction styles, the teaching profession is being strangled, and students (and teachers!) in record numbers are feeling alienated from education. The implications of this play out in crime, violence, and an inestimable cost to society. How we treat and support our teachers in the education...

The classic laugh-out-loud horror that inspired the hit BBC series Young Dracula, in an gloriously illustrated hi-lo format. Before Count Dracula became one of the greatest, most feared vampires of all time, he was just a young boy called Wilfred who didn't really feel like he belonged anywhere. But Wilfred's dad, the old Count, doesn't think his son is up...