School and Family Learning: A lesson from Australia – are the Conservatives about to be hoodwinked by the Local Government Association over marriage preparation? http://saflearning.blogspot.com/2009/04/lesson-from-australia-are-conservatives.html
Sponsored by The Heritage Foundation and held in Washington, D.C., on November 19–20, 2008. It was published on the web on 23rd April 2009. Politicians around the world – with notable exceptions, like Kevin Andrews – are inclined to discount the evidence that supports the efficacy of preventative education. They prefer to spend billions on the consequences of relationship breakdown rather than small sums on prevention. In the UK, the Local Government Association. Around the country to act as a gateway to...
School and Family Learning: Are 'broken families' responsible for 'Broken Britain'? is a good question http://saflearning.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-broken-families-responsible-for.html
Is a good question, asked by Mark Easton, BBC Home Affairs editor, at his blog. He quotes Iain Duncan Smith, "I have always believed that it would be impossible to prove conclusively that simply having a lone parent effects your outcomes as a child and we have never argued that.”. Dave and Liz Percival make some sensible comments at their Weekly Update of UK Marriage News - No 9.35 20/9/09 which can be found at www.2-in-2-1.co.uk. When the Labour government was elected, the Social Exclusion Unit announce...