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1. 1. Labour's pledge on parent power

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly wants to give parents more power and a new focus on specially tailored lessons.

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. Girl's school film terror

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 March 2005 A TEENAGE girl has suffered crying fits and nightmares since being shown scenes from the graphic and violent film The Passion of The Christ during a religious education lesson at school.

5. 5. Kelly dishes up £280m for school meals

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 March 2005 AN EXTRA '280 million to "transform" the quality of school dinners was announced today by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

6. 6. £115m boost for languages in schools

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly was today launching a '115m drive to improve language teaching in a bid to reverse the decline in French and German at school.

7. 7. Parent power reveals school shame

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 March 2005 CAMPAIGNING parents have obtained secret reports detailing the shocking conditions at a Greater Manchester school.

8. 8. Mum wins probe on school 'fees'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 March 2005 CLAIMS that Manchester's most successful state school is breaking the law in the way it asks for contributions of '1,230 a year from parents will be investigated.

9. 9. Study grants boost for EU students

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 March 2005 MORE EU students will be able to claim Government grants for studying at British universities after a ruling today from the European Court of Justice.

10. 10. Schools crisis fear

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 March 2005 MORE than 70 head teachers in Salford fear a new government policy will mean untrained staff teaching in the city's primary schools every week.

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