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1. 11. Crackdown on streets

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 January 2006 EDUCATION chiefs and police staged a New Year crackdown on truants in north Manchester, in the first of a series of truancy sweeps.

2. 12. Keep kids in class until they're 18 - schools boss

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 November 2006 YOUNGSTERS could be forced to stay in education or training until the age of 18. The proposal is part of moves to cut drop-out rates being examined by Education Secretary Alan Johnson.

3. 13. Kelly urges MPs to back reforms

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 12 March 2006 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly urged Labour MPs to back controversial schools reforms in a crucial vote this week - pledging more discussions of key concerns.

4. 14. Spanish lesson for school visitor

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 February 2006 ONE of Spain's most senior education officials dropped into a Manchester primary school to see what could be learned.

5. 15. Top school 'biased against care children'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 August 2006 A TOP girls' school has been criticised by an education watchdog for discriminating against care home and foster children.

6. 16. Kelly 'could go within days'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 January 2006 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly will today respond to the sex offender teacher row in the Commons - and may quit within days.

7. 17. Akabusi: How kids can stay in front

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 February 2006 OLYMPIC medallist Kriss Akabusi launched Challenge Manchester by telling schoolchildren: If you want to get ahead, get an education.

8. 18. Kelly 'must say sorry' in school sex row

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 January 2006 PARENTS have demanded an apology from Education Secretary Ruth Kelly after she revealed that ministers had allowed more adults on the sex offenders register to work in schools.

9. 19. Kelly's pledge after pervert row

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 January 2006 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly insisted protecting children was her "first priority" after she was criticised for allowing a man on the sex offenders' register to work in a school.

10. 20. Heads against 'baby-sitting' plans

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 May 2006 HEAD teachers have threatened to block Education Secretary Ruth Kelly's plan for extending the school day to include more childcare facilities, branding the proposal "the national baby-sitting service".

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