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1. 11. 100 lecturers 'could lose jobs'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 July 2007 HUNDREDS of lecturers have been told they will have to apply for new posts in a shake-up of adult education in Manchester tipped to cause more than 100 job losses.

2. 12. 'Schools fiddling truancy figures'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 TEACHERS are fiddling registers to improve truancy figures, we can reveal today. An investigation ordered by education chiefs in Manchester found schools had "inflated" attendance by failing to follow registration policy.

3. 13. Truants ignore fines

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 SCHOOL attendance in Manchester has got worse this year - despite parents of stay-away pupils being fined in their hundreds. Education bosses launched a huge crackdown on truancy after the city's school attendance rates were branded the worst in Britain last year. <BR>

4. 14. £5,000 spent on virtual school

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 May 2008 EDUCATION chiefs in Manchester have spent taxpayers' money on a school that doesn't exist.

5. 15. Big rise in pupils studying religion

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 January 2005 THE number of Manchester children studying religious education has soared by half in three years.

6. 16. Kids should call shots in class

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 November 2005 PUPILS should be given more control over what they learn, a top education expert has said.

7. 17. Akabusi: How kids can stay in front

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 February 2006 OLYMPIC medallist Kriss Akabusi launched Challenge Manchester by telling schoolchildren: If you want to get ahead, get an education.

8. 18. Minister seeks pact for better schools

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 June 2003 EDUCATION secretary Charles Clarke was in Manchester demanding councils sign "contracts" to improve school standards. The cabinet minister revealed the plans in a speech just weeks after blaming the city council for a cash crisis that is threatening teachers' jobs.

9. 19. No more school cash

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 June 2003 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke has told Manchester schools bosses the government will not find more money to meet a cash crisis.

10. 20. £330m new schools bid

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 November 2003 EDUCATION chiefs want to spend £330m on Manchester's biggest-ever school building spree. The package, which includes 15 new or completely rebuilt high schools and nine primaries, would be financed by the government and delivered within five years.

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