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1. 21. £1,000 fine threat to parents

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 September 2007 TOUGH new rules for excluded pupils were today welcomed by education chiefs in Greater Manchester.

2. 22. 36,000 more teachers under New Labour

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 February 2007 LABOUR'S decade in power has seen an increase of more than 36,000 teachers and almost 155,000 teaching support staff in English schools. The figures were released in response to parliamentary questions from former education secretary David Blunkett.

3. 23. '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.

4. 24. 'Turn off TV and read to kids'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 March 2007 PARENTS should do more to help their children's education by turning off the TV and reading books as a family instead, Education Secretary Alan Johnson said.

5. 25. Half of kids are facing debts problem by 17

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 February 2007 MORE than half of all our schoolchildren have been in debt by the time they reach 17, an education charity has warned.

6. 26. Reed promises shareholders a windfall

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 February 2007 PUBLISHING group Reed Elsevier has unveiled plans to offload its under-performing Harcourt education business.

7. 27. Schools boss pledges changes

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 April 2007 MANCHESTER'S education chief has admitted that changes need to be made to tackle the city's appalling record on truancy.

8. 28. One-to-one lessons to help kids catch up

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 January 2007 CHILDREN who struggle with reading, writing and arithmetic could receive one-to-one lessons to help them catch up. Education secretary Alan Johnson is planning to introduce these lessons ahead of new figures which are expected to show that more than half of teenagers are failing to get five C grades in GCSE subjects including English and maths.

9. 29. 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.

10. 30. 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.

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