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1. 1. Minister sets 'toughest test'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 November 2007 CHILDREN'S Minister Bev Hughes has warned the region's schools they face their most difficult test yet to reach national standards under a new multi-million pound improvement drive.

2. 2. Failing teachers face action

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 November 2007 THE leader of Salford council has promised to take a tough line against failing teachers.

3. 3. Breaking down elitist barriers

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 November 2007 MANCHESTER'S universities are to be at the forefront of a £9.2m project to break down barriers between `town and gown'.

4. 4. Truants taught a lesson

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 November 2007 YOUNGSTERS bunking off school have been taken off the streets in a truancy crackdown.

5. 5. £500m 'almost no impact on reading'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 November 2007 MINISTERS have spent half a billion pounds on raising standards of English in primary schools with `almost no impact' on reading skills, a review warned today.

6. 6. 'Confusion' blamed for school turmoil

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 November 2007 INSPECTORS have blamed `confusion, inconsistency and a lack of accountability' for dragging down standards at a leading Manchester school, according to a damning report seen by the M.E.N.

7. 7. 'Children to read by 6' - Tories

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 18 November 2007 THE Tories set out an ambitious goal today to ensure that children can read by the age of six.

8. 8. Top schools 'will scrap A-levels'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 November 2007 THE best schools will teach children the government's new diplomas instead of A-levels and GCSEs, schools minister Jim Knight has predicted.

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