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1. 1. End education snobbery, pleads minister

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 June 2006 TEACHERS and politicians should stop talking about "vocational" courses and use the word "professional" instead, Education Secretary Alan Johnson will suggest.

2. 2. Schools facing single-sex ban

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 June 2006 EDUCATION chiefs in Manchester are considering scrapping single-sex education in state secondary schools. Parents are being asked whether they want to retain the five existing boys' and girls' schools - or change to an entirely co-educational system.

3. 3. Schools' chaos over classroom perverts

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 June 2006 SCHOOLS were accused today of failing to take children's safety seriously as inspectors uncovered chaos in the vetting system to stop paedophiles working as teachers.

4. 4. US speaker debunks single-sex teaching 'myth'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 June 2006 BOYS are no better at maths than girls, and research claiming the sexes learn differently is wrong, an American psychologist will tell teachers.

5. 5. Head quits to save school money

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 June 2006 A HEADTEACHER who successfully defeated an action for racism by a sacked teacher has now sacrificed her own job after her school was left with a é70,000 legal bill.

6. 6. Flagship schools backed as bills soar

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 10 June 2006 THE controversial city academies still have government backing after figures revealed the flagship schools would cost é48.5m more than first thought.

7. 7. Schools 'more likely to expel black pupils'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 June 2006 BLACK children are more likely to be thrown out of school for bad behaviour than their white classmates.

8. 8. School truants get the msg

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 June 2006 A SCHEME which sends a text message to parents when their children skip school has slashed truancy.

9. 9. Teachers' anger over knife pupil

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 June 2006 TEACHERS' organisations are calling for a review of rules on banned pupils after a Greater Manchester head teacher's decision to exclude an unruly youngster involved in a knife incident was overturned.

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