Media coverage of DEA�s cohesion fringe at Labour
Thursday October 15 2009The Minister for Community Cohesion, Shahid Malik MP, agreed that the parental choice agenda can increase division during a DEA fringe event at Labour Party Conference, a children's and youth work magazine has reported.
On 28 September DEA hosted an event entitled Learning difference: Can schools teach community cohesion? which was also attended by a Children and Young People Now reporter.
In a wider discussion about cohesion and schools Hetan Shah, DEA Chief Executive highlighted potential conflicts between high levels of parental choice in the school system and community cohesion.
Read the Children and Young People Now article about DEA's community cohesion fringe here: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Education/941681/Labour-conference-Parents-schools-choice-lead-community-division/
Speakers at the event included:
Shahid Malik MP, Minister for Cohesion
Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, DEA
Rob Berkeley, Director, Runnymede Trust
John Dunford, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
