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1. 51. Strike threat over school reforms

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 16 April 2006 BRITAIN'S biggest teachers' union threatened a national strike over Tony Blair's controversial school reforms.

2. 52. Truancy girl's mum given a last chance

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 August 2006 A MOTHER convicted for the fourth time of failing to send her children to school has escaped jail.

3. 53. Students flocking to learn English

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 22 August 2006 INTERNATIONAL students are flocking to Manchester to learn English, according to a city centre academy.

4. 54. Alzheimer's blow for the learned

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 February 2006 ALZHEIMER'S disease progresses faster in people who are highly educated, research suggested.

5. 55. Five-year-old expelled from school

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 October 2006 A GIRL of five has been expelled from her school. Tamara Howard is believed to be the youngest child to be permanently excluded in Greater Manchester after being accused of attacking her teachers.

6. 56. Faith schools should teach other religions

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 February 2006 FAITH schools should teach pupils about other religions as well as their own, leaders of the major faiths said in a statement. The signatories to the agreement include the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Muslim Council of Britain, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist organisations.

7. 57. Mum jailed over daughter's truancy

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 March 2006 A MOTHER has been jailed for failing to make her daughter go to school. It was the third time in two years she had appeared before magistrates for the same offence.

8. 58. Chamber view: qualifications or skills?

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 August 2006 WITH A-level and GCSE results due out in the next couple of weeks, the wait will at last be over for thousands of anxious teenagers across Greater Manchester.

9. 59. Budget 2006: Blow-by-blow

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 March 2006 THE Budget 2006 saw a rise in cigarette prices, and new funds found for community bobbies and children's sport. Here are the Chancellor's changes in full.

10. 60. Politicians locked in religion debate

    Manchester Evening News, Sunday 15 October 2006 THE simmering row over religious relations in Britain was threatening to boil over today after controversial interventions by politicians from both main parties.

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