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1. 21. Concern over department's direction

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 April 2007 MANCHESTER'S education department has been a ship `without a rudder' for the last two years, critics have claimed.

2. 22. Six city primary schools facing axe

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 September 2006 SIX schools have been earmarked for closure under a review into the future of primary education in Manchester. Council chiefs are considering plans to shut six primaries with low pupil numbers but plan to build two new ones in the city.

3. 23. Merger would create biggest college in Britain

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 September 2006 PLANS to merge MANCAT and City College - creating the largest college in the country - have been unveiled by education chiefs.

4. 24. 'Race mix isn't right in schools'

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 03 February 2007 RACIAL divisions in schools pose a risk to the stability of communities, education secretary Alan Johnson has warned. Towns such as Oldham are facing `ghettoisation', he says, because families from different ethnic minorities are refusing to let their children mix at school.

5. 25. Truancy rate twice average

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 December 2007 MANCHESTER school children have improved their attendance - but many are still missing out on vital parts of their education.

6. 26. Top school 'biased against care children'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 August 2006 A TOP girls' school has been criticised by an education watchdog for discriminating against care home and foster children.

7. 27. Schools 'failing poorest pupils'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 January 2007 THE current school and college system is failing the country's poorest children, education experts have claimed. Researchers from Manchester University have studied school results and attendances nationwide to look at educational barriers faced by low-income families.

8. 28. School designs 'fail to make grade'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 February 2008 DESIGNER Wayne Hemingway says builders and education bosses are not making the grade when it comes to creating the next generation of schools.

9. 29. Teaching jobs under threat

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 May 2007 DOZENS of teachers are likely to lose their jobs following a shake-up of Manchester's education department.

10. 30. Mary's set to bully

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 September 2007 THE new head of one of Manchester's top colleges has told how her love of hockey might just help when she faces education inspectors.

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