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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. £20m plan to train women Olympic builders

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 June 2006 EDUCATION Secretary Alan Johnson will today promise to spend é20 million training more women to work as builders in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.

4. 4. Booze shock of primary pupils

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 June 2006 SCHOOLCHILDREN as young as 11 have admitted having at least one alcoholic drink in a week. Alarming figures came to light during a council-led survey into the lives of children and young people in the town.

5. 5. 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.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. 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.

8. 8. 'Straw in running' for Labour deputy leadership

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 04 June 2006 JACK Straw emerged as a potential surprise runner to be Labour's next deputy leader today as questions continued over John Prescott's future.

9. 9. Victory could trigger house price boom

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 June 2006 THE BBC decision could trigger a property boom in Salford and across the region. Experts say house prices could rise by as much as 5 per cent as a result of the move.

10. 10. 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.

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