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1. 1. City's fifth schools boss in two years

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 July 2007 A NEW education boss has been appointed to oversee Manchester schools - the fifth person to hold the role in just over two years.

2. 2. Lessons on how to be happy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 May 2007 EDUCATION bosses in Manchester are spending £25,000 sending 25 teaching staff to America - to train them in giving children lessons in happiness.

3. 3. £110,000 hunt for school boss

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 April 2007 MANCHESTER has launched a search for its new education boss. .

4. 4. 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.

5. 5. City schools boss on 'indefinite' sick leave

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 January 2007 MANCHESTER could soon be looking for yet another education boss - the FIFTH in less than two years. The current chief, Dr Alan Irving, has taken indefinite sick leave.

6. 6. '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.

7. 7. 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.

8. 8. Council staff 'gagged' on school plans

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 31 May 2007 EDUCATION bosses have banned their staff in Salford from backing a school threatened with closure.

9. 9. Triumph of the dad left for dead

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 May 2007 A BUSINESSMAN who lost everything after a savage assault has rebuilt his life through education.

10. 10. 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.

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