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1. 121. A level critics "elitist"

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 August 2004 CRITICS who claimed that A-Levels have been dumbed down were guilty of denigrating hard-working children, school standards minister David Miliband declared today.

2. 122. Sin-bin school victory - but campaign continues

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 April 2004 PLANS to use an empty school as a "sin bin" to teach children excluded from Salford schools have been shelved after protests from residents. But campaigners still want to know what the school will be used for.

3. 123. Teachers will tackle BNP at school gates

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 April 2004 TEACHERS have vowed to fight the rise of the British National Party which they say has been targeting youngsters in schools.

4. 124. Bangladesh school plan faces the axe

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 April 2004 PLANS for Manchester to set up a school in Bangladesh are unlikely to get the go-ahead after a massive backlash. Critics attacked the proposals which were reported in the Manchester Evening News last week.

5. 125. Classroom war threat over jobs

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 10 April 2004 STRIKES may be necessary to protect the status of teachers in the face of schools' increasing reliance on classroom assistants, the National Union of Teachers has warned.

6. 126. Clang! New court sign drops apostrophes

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 April 2004 THE letter of the law may be important, but it appears that the punctuation is not. Stylish lettering, which has been drilled into the walls of the new £30m court building off Deansgate, is missing its apostrophes.

7. 127. Harpurhey, the worst place in England

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 May 2004 THE Manchester district of Harpurhey has been named as the most deprived neighbourhood in England in a government study. It gets the unwanted tag in a report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

8. 128. Tory schools bid for unruly kids

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 November 2004 A TORY government would set up a new '240 million network of Turnaround Schools to deal with up to 24,000 of England's most disruptive pupils, Conservative leader Michael Howard announced today.

9. 129. Apprentice scheme taps into need for plumbers

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 December 2004 THE government is to expand an apprenticeship scheme that allows children to split their time between the classroom and the workplace.

10. 130. Truant shock on pupil prize day

    Manchester Evening News, Saturday 06 March 2004 PUPILS at six primary schools were given the chance of winning Manchester's first "Be There" lottery prize as a truancy sweep found record numbers of youngster staying away from school.

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