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1. 21. Row over state school 'fees'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 February 2005 PARENTS at Manchester's most successful state school are being asked to pay '1,230-a-year towards the education of their children.

2. 22. 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.

3. 23. City schools chief quits for new job

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 April 2005 MANCHESTER chief education officer Mick Waters has announced he is to move on - after less than two-and-a-half years.

4. 24. Government to press on with academies

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly today rejected calls to halt her controversial plans for creating hundreds of privately sponsored city academy schools.

5. 25. Truants ignore fines

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 SCHOOL attendance in Manchester has got worse this year - despite parents of stay-away pupils being fined in their hundreds. Education bosses launched a huge crackdown on truancy after the city's school attendance rates were branded the worst in Britain last year. <BR>

6. 26. Poll casts doubt on tuition fees

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 13 November 2005 A GOVERMENT poll has cast doubt on Education Secretary Ruth Kelly's decision to make adults pay higher tuition fees for their college courses.

7. 27. Kelly jeered by irate head teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly was jeered and accused of "patronising" head teachers today during angry exchanges on her plans for school reforms.

8. 28. Kids should call shots in class

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 November 2005 PUPILS should be given more control over what they learn, a top education expert has said.

9. 29. Kelly grilled over school reforms

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 02 November 2005 LABOUR MPs grilled Education Secretary Ruth Kelly on her controversial plans for school reforms today.

10. 30. School probe head sent home

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 October 2005 THE headteacher of a Manchester primary has been suspended after education bosses launched an investigation at the school.

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