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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. 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.

4. 4. 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.

5. 5. 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.

6. 6. 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.

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. Kelly's £119m lift for crumbling classes

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 October 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly has unveiled a £119m government hand-out for crumbling schools in the north west.

9. 9. Book bag 'nanny' jibe

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 July 2005 PLANS to spend £27m on free books for toddlers got a mixed reception today. Education Secretary and the Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly said the Bookstart scheme would encourage reading from an early age.

10. 10. School meals shake-up

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 February 2005 SCHOOL dinners are to be made healthier, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly revealed today.

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