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1. 21. Brady defends grammar schools

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 October 2007 ALTRINCHAM and Sale West MP Graham Brady has vowed to keep on campaigning for selective education.

2. 22. Mary's set to bully

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 September 2007 THE new head of one of Manchester's top colleges has told how her love of hockey might just help when she faces education inspectors.

3. 23. Share in a class act

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 December 2007 PARENTS of primary school children can now benefit from the best education in the country, thanks to the M.E.N.

4. 24. Teaching jobs under threat

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 May 2007 DOZENS of teachers are likely to lose their jobs following a shake-up of Manchester's education department.

5. 25. 'Save our school from demolition'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 February 2007 STAFF, parents and pupils are campaigning to save a school that has been earmarked for demolition. The closure of Springhill High School, on Turf Hill Road, is part of a é163m plan to revitalise secondary education in Rochdale.

6. 26. Bishop's battle to save St George's High

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 26 January 2007 THE Bishop of Salford has criticised plans to close a successful Catholic secondary school in the city. The Rt Rev Terence Brain believes education chiefs should re-think a proposal to shut St George's RC High in Walkden.

7. 27. BB race row: Schools 'must help end racism'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 January 2007 ALL teenagers should be taught core `British values' to combat the `ignorance and bigotry' seen on Celebrity Big Brother, Education Secretary Alan Johnson said. Mr Johnson said the storm over alleged racism on the reality TV show underlined the need for schools to foster good community relations.

8. 28. Truancy rates down

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 April 2007 MORE Manchester school pupils are attending 100% of their lessons than ever before, according to new figures released by education chiefs.

9. 29. Home teaching on the rise

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 24 February 2007 SOARING numbers of parents are teaching their children at home because they are not happy with the quality of state education, according to government research.

10. 30. Spotlight lands on 1,400 staff

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 April 2007 THE role of hundreds of bureaucrats employed to help Manchester pupils was being questioned today as new figures highlighted the dire problems facing schools.

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