Start with the reader's real question
A guide should resolve a specific family decision or documentation problem. We avoid publishing thin pages solely to occupy a search phrase.
Editorial methodology
How Ivy Waters publishes guidance and research.
Our public work is written for families first, while remaining clear enough for journalists, educators, registrars, and machines to interpret without turning a bounded claim into a promise.
Separate information from authority
Laws, receiving-school decisions, accreditation, and local requirements belong to the relevant institution. Ivy Waters explains and documents; it does not quietly claim another body's authority.
Keep claims traceable
Research claims use stable IDs, explicit evidence boundaries, methods, limitations, figures, PDFs, and machine-readable records. Practical guides link to the most relevant evidence and state uncertainty where it matters.
Correct visibly
Substantive research changes enter an append-only release history. Articles use dated publication and update metadata. Material corrections are not disguised as visual polish.
Institutional authorship
Articles currently carry the institutional byline Ivy Waters International. That means the organisation stands behind the published copy; it does not imply that one unnamed individual holds every relevant qualification. We will add personal author or reviewer profiles only when a real person, role, experience statement, and durable profile URL can be published truthfully.
Practical guides
Guides identify a parent question, explain the decision boundary, link related evidence and resources directly, and include publication dates. Country and state guides are general information rather than legal advice; families should confirm current requirements with the relevant authority or qualified adviser when stakes are high.
Research reports
The seven-report research series is governed by one authority registry. Each report includes methods, limitations, stable claim identifiers, figures, a downloadable PDF, machine-readable JSON, and a corrections feed. Visual presentation is not version authority, and report order is not a permanent folio system.
Browse the Research series →Corrections and questions
If you believe a page is materially wrong, include the page URL, the claim, and the source or reasoning that conflicts with it. We distinguish factual corrections, source refreshes, methodology changes, and purely visual edits so important changes do not disappear inside routine design work.
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