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1. 11. Teachers balloted over joining mass public sector protest

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 November 2011 Teachers are expected to bring education across Greater Manchester to a halt during a mass public sector protest. Ballot papers are now being sent to out across the region asking teachers to join the walkout later this month.

2. 12. Parents 'take out loans for private education'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 August 2006 SOARING numbers of parents are applying for bank loans to put their children through private school, according to new figures.

3. 13. Minister's sex lessons pledge

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 October 2008 PARENTS will not lose the right to withdraw their children from sex education lessons, Education Minister Ed Balls has promised.

4. 14. Gorton school wins design award

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 June 2009 A MANCHESTER school has won a top award for it pioneering design. Gorton Education Village has been named the country's best 'healthy-learning environment' by the British Council for School Environments.

5. 15. £5m ‘inclusion centres’ to help pupils in danger of being expelled

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 June 2011 New education centres for pupils at risk of expulsion are being built as part of a £5m plan. Education bosses in Manchester plan to create ‘inclusion centres’ at six secondary schools around the city.

6. 16. Worst-performing primary schools to be turned into academies

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 June 2011 The 200 worst-performing primary schools in England are to be transformed into academies, Education Secretary Michael Gove announced.

7. 17. Striking teachers will 'lose respect of parents', warns Michael Gove

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 June 2011 Education Secretary Michael Gove has warned against union ‘militancy’ ahead of a planned walkout by teachers and public sector workers this week.

8. 18. Making the grade: Big GCSE improvement for Greater Manchester schools

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 January 2012 For the first time in years Manchester schools are no longer languishing at the very bottom of the tables. See the tables in full here ...

9. 19. Governors at Bridgewater school in Salford quit as parents back headteacher over payment row

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 January 2012 Governors at a private school have resigned after parents revolted in support of their headteacher. Hundreds of parents at Bridgewater School in Worsley, Salford, voted to back Judy Nairn – who had quit as head in a row over payments to one of the school’s board members.

10. 20. Cameron defends prep school row Kelly

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 January 2007 TORY leader David Cameron defended Ruth Kelly's decision to send her child to a é15,000-a-year private school for pupils with learning difficulties. Mrs Kelly, a former Education Secretary, removed her child from a state school after deciding it would not cater adequately for their special needs.

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