27 September 2005

Parental background and child outcomes: how much does money matter, and what else matters?

There is considerable evidence that children from low-income households often do less well at school and in many other ways than better off children. The aim of this project, by the Insitute of Fiscal Studies, was to see that whether giving more money to low income parents (for example through the tax and benefit system) is likely to improve outcomes for their children, and to ask what else matters for child outcomes.

Read more: http://www.ifs.org.uk/press.php?publication_id=3457

26 September 2005

New gateway to help parents resolve child support cases

A new gateway will be piloted to help resolve potential Child Support Agency cases, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Blunkett announced today. The service will advise working parents how they can work out for themselves satisfactory arrangements for child maintenance.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=171049&Ne...

23 September 2005

Grandparents urged to banish gremlins

Figures released by the Government's Get On campaign on Grandparents' Day, Saturday 24 September 2005, show that over half of all 55 to 65-year-olds in England lack some of the skills which would help them better support their grandchildren's learning. As grandparents are the main carers for children in Britain after parents, they are being encouraged to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=170881&Ne...

21 September 2005

A court first for bride and groom

Alison Smith and Jim Harkess will make history when they become the first people to marry in court. The couple will tie the knot at Newcastle Moot Hall Lay Courts above the city's Quayside on Friday the 23d September.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=170598&Ne...

14 September 2005

Civil partnership- what do you need to know?

A new publicity campaign to tell people what they need to know about civil partnerships has been launched by Deputy Equality Minister Meg Munn at Westminster Register Office. The guidance gives people information about how they can register their civil partnership and what their new rights and responsibilities are in areas like tax, pensions and benefits.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=169946&Ne...

14 September 2005

School exclusion and transition into adulthood in African-Caribbean communities

In spite of recent improvements in the school exclusion statistics for African-Caribbean children, they are still around three times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than white pupils. This study, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, set out to investigate the impact of exclusion on 33 Afro Caribbean young people who had been supported by voluntary organisations. The importance of family support in the transition into education and employment was highlighted.

Read more: http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/0435.a...

08 September 2005

Curriculum targets affects children role play

Young children may be missing out on 'pretend' games like pirates and spacemen due to the demands of the school curriculum, according to new research led by Dr Sue Rogers at the University of Plymouth. A total of 144 children took part in the study which highlighted a number of gender differences in play, with girls more likely to play domestic/maternal or nurturing and emotional caretaking roles than boys.

Read more: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases...

02 September 2005

Parents asked to take more responsibility for the problem behaviour of their children

A major new drive to extend the use and increase the take-up of parenting contracts and orders has been announced by the Prime Minister. This is the first part of the drive to foster respect in society and it will entail more agencies having the power to issue contracts and orders. Parenting orders are geared towards supporting parents.

Read more: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=168572&Ne...

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