As ministerial visits go, last week's birthday party to mark the first anniversary of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) must rank among the strangest. The event, at St Matthew's Church of England School in Westminster, London, saw Children's Secretary Ed Balls hanging out with actor Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz from '70s TV show Happy Days), colouring in pictures with children and singing "happy birthday dear department" before handing out pieces of cake. This was all a far cry from the usual round of meetings and formal...