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1. 1. The five-year revival

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 September 2004 RAISING expectations and improving exam success are having an important role in the revival of east Manchester, say education officials.

2. 2. The appliance of science

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 25 September 2004 A MANCHESTER school that encourages girls to succeed in the world of science has been praised by Education Minister Ivan Lewis.

3. 3. City's shame over empty school desks

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 September 2004 SCHOOL attendance levels in Manchester schools are the worst in the country, according to figures released by the government today. The Office of National Statistics measures absence according to the percentage of half-days missed by pupils.

4. 4. School clamp urged on holiday stayaways

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 18 September 2004 HEAD-TEACHER Michael Buczynski wants to crack down on the growing numbers of pupils missing school to go on holiday with parents cashing in on cheap flights.

5. 5. King of high street has cash in store for school

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 September 2004 HE MAY have failed to take over Marks and Spencer, but now king of the high street Philip Green has set his sights on a more unlikely target . . . Salford's smallest secondary school.

6. 6. Transatlantic teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 06 September 2004 YOUNGSTERS at a struggling school in Salford are getting a global perspective from a team of teachers recruited from Canada.

7. 7. Kids' Arabian sights

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 September 2004 CAMELS may be more used to picking their way across the desert but this one spent the day on a concrete playground in Stockport.

8. 8. A friend in need is a friend indeed

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 September 2004 THE red berets of the Guardian Angels may be a common sight on the crime-ridden streets of New York, but now they are moving in to the playgrounds of a Manchester primary school.

9. 9. 1 in 3 drops out of new university

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 11 September 2004 THOUSANDS of students will take up places at Bolton Institute this month, but one in three will not graduate, according to new figures. The 32 per cent drop-out rate ranks as the highest in the north west and the third highest in the country in a new university guide.

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