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1. 1. Too much TV 'stunts kids' education'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 July 2005 TOO much TV can be harmful to a child's education, two independent studies concluded today. A third investigation found that TV can impair the development of very young pre-school children.

2. 2. Truants ignore fines

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 SCHOOL attendance in Manchester has got worse this year - despite parents of stay-away pupils being fined in their hundreds. Education bosses launched a huge crackdown on truancy after the city's school attendance rates were branded the worst in Britain last year. <BR>

3. 3. Schools hoard millions

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 July 2005 HEADTEACHERS in Manchester are continuing to hoard millions of pounds - rather than spend it on the education of their pupils.

4. 4. Kelly Hours 'threatened by her own policies'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 July 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly's own policies threaten to scupper her plans to open schools for longer, government experts have warned.

5. 5. Danger in class at scandal school

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 July 2005

   EDUCATION watchdogs had to protect pupils at a Greater Manchester school during an inspection which revealed shocking standards.

6. 6. Exam failure equals deferred success

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 July 2005 THE concept of "failure" should be removed from the British education system and be replaced with "deferred success", according to a motion being considered by a teaching union.

7. 7. Pistol teacher loses job battle

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 July 2005 <DIV>SACKED gun case teacher Linda Walker has failed in a bid to win back her job. The 48-year-old teacher was dismissed from her post at New Park High School, Eccles, two months ago, after she was convicted and jailed for firing an air pistol near youths.</DIV>

8. 8. Praise for primary school language plans

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 MOVES& to improve language teaching in primary schools have been "a great success", inspectors said today.

9. 9. Parents 'should stay at home with truants'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 July 2005 THE government today defended controversial plans to punish the parents of unruly children by forcing them to stay at home to look after them.

10. 10. Free books mark new literacy drive

    Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 July 2005 EVERY child in England is to receive a free bag of books from the Government under a scheme to be launched next week.

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