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1. 11. Sixth-formers to be paid to stay at school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 April 2004 SIXTH form students who regularly go to school will be paid up to £30 a week as an incentive to stay, it was announced today. The "earn as you learn" scheme will be means-tested but has been hailed as a way of reducing the UK's post-16 drop out rate.

2. 12. School told: Do better or face closure

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 April 2004 A FAILING Salford school must show dramatic improvements by the end of the year or it could face closure. A "super-teacher", brought in to turn around Harrop Fold High, Little Hulton, resigned last month after standards dropped even further.

3. 13. Teachers not trained to administer medicines

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 April 2004 THERE is a "disaster waiting to happen" in school classrooms because of teachers being expected to administer medication to special needs children, the Government was warned today by the head of a leading teaching union.

4. 14. Provision for child prisoners has weaknesses

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 April 2004 PROVISIONS for child prisoners in England and Wales still have "significant weaknesses", according to reports published today.

5. 15. Sin-bin school victory - but campaign continues

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 April 2004 PLANS to use an empty school as a "sin bin" to teach children excluded from Salford schools have been shelved after protests from residents. But campaigners still want to know what the school will be used for.

6. 16. Teachers will tackle BNP at school gates

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 April 2004 TEACHERS have vowed to fight the rise of the British National Party which they say has been targeting youngsters in schools.

7. 17. Bangladesh school plan faces the axe

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 April 2004 PLANS for Manchester to set up a school in Bangladesh are unlikely to get the go-ahead after a massive backlash. Critics attacked the proposals which were reported in the Manchester Evening News last week.

8. 18. Classroom war threat over jobs

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 10 April 2004 STRIKES may be necessary to protect the status of teachers in the face of schools' increasing reliance on classroom assistants, the National Union of Teachers has warned.

9. 19. Clang! New court sign drops apostrophes

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 April 2004 THE letter of the law may be important, but it appears that the punctuation is not. Stylish lettering, which has been drilled into the walls of the new £30m court building off Deansgate, is missing its apostrophes.

10. 20. Rapped school head quits

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 April 2004 A HEAD teacher has resigned after his special school failed to improve quickly enough following a damning government report.

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