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1. 61. 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.

2. 62. 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.

3. 63. MP quits post in policy protest

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 December 2005 AN MP has quit his post as a minister's private secretary over the government's education policies.

4. 64. The five-year revival

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 September 2004 RAISING expectations and improving exam success are having an important role in the revival of east Manchester, say education officials.

5. 65. 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.

6. 66. Blair future 'rides on reforms'

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 05 February 2006 TONY Blair's position will be "untenable" if he has to rely on Conservative support to push controversial education reforms through, a Labour former Cabinet minister warned today.

7. 67. 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.

8. 68. Targets are slowing down our teens

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 October 2006 TOO many targets and too much testing are behind the "major problem" of teenagers failing to engage in education, according to a report. It also found that the "unprecedented" raft of policy initiatives was unlikely to produce significant improvements to the system.

9. 69. New school for expelled girl, aged 5

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 November 2006 TAMARA Howard, the girl expelled from school at just five years old over claims of violent behaviour, is back in education - just weeks after the M.E.N. highlighted her case. Tamara, who lives with her mum in Withington, is one of the youngest girls in the country to be permanently excluded from school after being accused of a string of incidents, including attacks on her teachers.

10. 70. Rebel Kinnock opposes plans

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 January 2006 FORMER Labour leader Lord Kinnock and former Education Secretary Estelle Morris will today challenge the government's proposed education reforms.

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