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1. 1. Debut date for education boss

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 January 2005 BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly will make her first speech as Education Secretary at a conference in Manchester tonight.

2. 2. Diploma snub worry for education chiefs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 February 2005 THE decision not to replace A-levels and GCSEs with an "over-arching diploma" has sparked disappointment and concern among education and business leaders.

3. 3. Too much TV 'stunts kids' education'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 July 2005 TOO much TV can be harmful to a child's education, two independent studies concluded today. A third investigation found that TV can impair the development of very young pre-school children.

4. 4. Overhaul plea for sex-ed classes

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 December 2005 A& MAJOR overhaul of the way sex education is taught in schools - with children as young as five learning about relationships - has been urged by two influential government advisory groups.

5. 5. Exam results: Reality behind the figures

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 October 2005

   LEAVING school, without a single qualification is still the shocking reality of education in Manchester for too many youngsters.

6. 6. Her first speech in new role

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 January 2005 PARENTS must be at the heart of schools and help shape education policy, according to the new education secretary.

7. 7. 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.

8. 8. 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.

9. 9. Five new academies to replace schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 January 2005 MANCHESTER education chiefs are considering plans to replace up to five secondary schools with controversial city academies in a bid to maximise money for new buildings.

10. 10. School leaving age 'will be 18'

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 THE school leaving age will be effectively raised to 18 according to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

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