PREMIUM: The latest story from "Fake News Fazackerly" falls apart

The Observer's education coverage is an embarrassment

A newspaper self-immolates (A.I. generated)

A newspaper that can’t stop getting it wrong

I’ve written quite a few times about false and misleading education stories in The Observer.

Blog post: Another misleading news story about “exclusions”

Blog Series: Is the DfE keeping files on “education experts” who criticise their policies?

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Another education article in The Observer misses the mark

Did the DfE blacklist speakers for criticising government policy? Part 1

Did the DfE blacklist speakers for criticising government policy? Part 2

The Observer's education reporting still has the power to surprise me

PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #28 featuring ChatGPT; water bottles, and bad journalism

And it doesn’t end there…

All of the stories from The Observer I have blogged about have been the work of one writer, Anna Fazackerley. I featured her latest story in a blog post for paid subscribers on Monday:

PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #33 featuring knowledge building; worries about Labour and ... oh no, not again!

That post dealt with some factual errors in a story about the government planning to change direction on school discipline. I also expressed scepticism about the broad thrust of what was claimed. In this post, I will show how the story’s key claims have been disputed by those in a position to know whether they are true.