Define the question
What practical or policy problem is being examined, and for whom?
Freedom Education · Research and policy
Ask what the evidence can prove — and what it cannot.
For older students, universities, researchers, journalists, policymakers and system leaders.
Evaluate a claimEvidence method
Question → source → inference → implementation → outcome.
Classify the source
Primary law, official data, research, expert commentary, journalism or unsupported claim.
State what is known
Use the source’s definitions, period, jurisdiction and measured population.
State what is unknown
Under-reporting, hidden harm and uneven data limit population conclusions.
Test the inference
Recorded contacts or cases are not automatically total prevalence.
Protect people
Use consent, necessity, confidentiality, data security and mosaic-identification analysis.
Test implementation
A legal power or training course does not prove access, capability or safer practice.
Define success
Specify observable outcomes, ownership, review dates and evidence that practice or safety changed.
Media and publication
Do not turn uncertainty into drama.
Statistics
Explain whether figures are contacts, enquiries, cases supported or another administrative measure. Do not present them as total prevalence unless the source supports that conclusion.
Mosaic identification
A name is not the only identifier. School, age, location, travel, sibling and health details may identify a person when combined.
Responsible framing
Avoid cultural profiling, sensational language and headlines that exceed the evidence. Fiction and lived experience can illuminate human consequences but do not by themselves prove prevalence.
Open the 15–18 lesson