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1. 1. School is caned in cash row

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 April 2005 MANCHESTER'S top-performing state school has been told it must change the way it asks parents to contribute up to '1,230 a year towards their children's education.

2. 2. City schools chief quits for new job

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 April 2005 MANCHESTER chief education officer Mick Waters has announced he is to move on - after less than two-and-a-half years.

3. 3. US trip teaches schools a lesson

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 26 April 2005 HEAD teachers and education officials from Manchester have made a four-day trip to the US to see what lessons they can learn from schools in Boston.

4. 4. Ten teachers in seven months

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 April 2005 A CLASS of schoolchildren has been taught maths by TEN different teachers in just two terms.

5. 5. Truant's mother tagged

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 April 2005 A MOTHER has been placed under a curfew and will be electronically tagged because her children played truant from school. Barbara Woodall, 34, is believed to be one of the first people in the country to be punished in this way.

6. 6. Parents fear a fall in grades

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 April 2005 CHRISTINE Beddard believes her son Jamie is bright enough to achieve an A grade in his maths GCSE in two years.

7. 7. Students owe £13,000

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 14 April 2005 STUDENTS leave university owing an average of '13,501 - '10,000 more than 10 years ago. And in another three years the average debt could rise to '20,000.

8. 8. Clash over 40p school dinners

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 April 2005 A CATERING chief has defended spending only 40p on a dinner for each primary schoolchild.

9. 9. Racism 'simmering' in British schools

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 April 2005 EVIDENCE of simmering racism in Britain's schools has emerged from a study of teenagers' attitudes towards Muslims and right wing groups, it was revealed today.

10. 10. Touch of class at the school that lunches

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 06 April 2005 CHILDREN are being given school lessons in table manners because they are no longer taught how to hold their knives and forks at home.

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