Spin Alert! – The Guardian and Off-Rolling
Note: This Byte reporting on mid-January media coverage of the OSA Annual Report was due for release earlier this month. However, publication was delayed due to a surge in media interest following …
Tag: The Guardian
Not Skipping School: Not Invisible Children
What’s been said? On Monday 4 February Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, launched a media storm seemingly to persuade the public that “there are tens of thousands of children in England” …
Numbers Rising, but the Reasons for Choosing HE are Changing
What’s been said? The Guardian has been publishing articles on HE with some regularity over recent months. A long piece “School is very oppressive: why home-schooling is on the rise” by Sally …
The Latest Ludicrous Claim about EHE
What’s been said? Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has decided to conduct an investigation into the link between off-rolling and gang grooming. According to a Guardian report published on 15 …
The Guardian View on Home Education
What’s been said? The Guardian published a particularly pointless editorial on 15 July 2018, sparked by sentencing following the death of Jordan Burling. It’s a classic case of the type much beloved …