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1. 1. 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. 2. Five more schools in closure threat

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 26 April 2006 FIVE more Salford primary schools could close because of falling birth rates and ageing buildings.

3. 3. Teachers blast 'uncool kids' culture

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 April 2006 TEACHERS have demanded that children be allowed a childhood in the face of increasing pressures to grow up. They said it was now all too "uncool" for children to be children, and they were saddened to see many six-year-old girls dressed up in clothes far too old for them.

4. 4. NUT hits out at 'sleaze and cronyism'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 April 2006 BRITAIN'S biggest teachers' union has condemned the "sleaze and cronyism" at the heart of Tony Blair's embattled city academies' programme.

5. 5. Degree fear in lecturers' row

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 April 2006 THOUSANDS of Manchester students face disruption to their final-year exams because of industrial action by lecturers.

6. 6. Manchester still a Mecca for students

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 April 2006 MANCHESTER has held on to its crown as Britain's favourite student destination.

7. 7. 'Ban 4x4s on school run'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 April 2006 PARENTS have been given a ticking off - for taking their children to school in the wrong kind of car.

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