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1. 1. Kelly faces storm as A-levels stay

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 A-LEVELS and GCSEs are not being scrapped, but will be made more difficult under an education shake-up.

2. 2. Kelly facing school fury

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 October 2005

   PLANS to bus pupils from poorer areas to better schools and allow head teachers to restrain unruly pupils have been slammed.<BR><BR>The controversial scheme by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly includes helping pupils from poor council estates to move to schools in better areas. <BR><BR>A White Paper would also allow teachers to discipline and restrain unruly pupils.

3. 3. Exams shake-up gets black mark

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 18 October 2004 SWEEPING changes in secondary education, swapping GCSE's and A-levels for new diplomas, face criticism from bosses.

4. 4. Labour's pledge on parent power

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly wants to give parents more power and a new focus on specially tailored lessons.

5. 5. Kelly grilling over schools shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 December 2005 TONY BLAIR is under growing pressure to back down over his controversial schools shake-up as Education Secretary Ruth Kelly faces a grilling from MPs.

6. 6. Discipline purge in school shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 TEACHERS are to be put back in the driving seat on school discipline in a bid to stamp out hooligan behaviour. The move is made clear in the government's five-year education plan being launched by Education Secretary Charles Clarke today.

7. 7. Peerage for ex-minister

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 May 2005 MANCHESTER-born former Education Secretary Estelle Morris is to become a life peer. She is one of 27 ex-MPs awarded peerages today in the wake of the General Election.

8. 8. Clarke slams fee rebels

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 March 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke today attacked an "ill-conceived" amendment, supported by some Labour backbenchers, to scupper his top-up fees Bill.

9. 9. Schools shake-up won't bring back selection - Kelly

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 November 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly today promised Labour rebels her controversial schools shake-up would not bring back grammar school-style selection of pupils.

10. 10. Truancy shock for minister

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 November 2005

    TRUANCY figures in the constituency of Education Secretary Ruth Kelly are among the worst in the country, it has emerged.

    Just over half of all secondary school pupils in Bolton West skipped lessons in the past year, the official statistics show.

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