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1. 21. Teachers' call to curb violent kids

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 March 2005 TEACHERS' leaders are calling for violent and disruptive pupils to be thrown out of schools. The NASUWT union is demanding that tougher measures are taken against pupils who disrupt lessons with their anti-social behaviour.

2. 22. Minister's vow on school violence

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 March 2005 SCHOOL standards minister Stephen Twigg was today set to reassure teachers that the Government is tackling the problem of violent and abusive pupils.

3. 23. Jamie gives schools food for thought

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 March 2005 THE amount spent on each child's school dinner in Greater Manchester is revealed in an M.E.N. investigation today.

4. 24. School bans pencil cases

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 March 2005 PUPILS as young as four have been banned from taking pencil cases to school - in case they are used to smuggle sharp weapons. The drastic action was taken after a boy was cut with a letter opener during "boisterous play".

5. 25. Cut-price breaks to cut down truancy

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 March 2005 SCHOOLS in Greater Manchester are offering discount breaks to the USA and Europe in a bid to tackle holiday truancy.

6. 26. Close pay gap, parties urged

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 March 2005 GOVERNMENT policies aimed at closing the gap between the pay of men and women have been a "sticking plaster" rather than a cure, a new report claimed today.

7. 27. Colleges demand fair deal over funding

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 March 2005 STUDENTS and teachers from colleges across the country will use Budget Day today to demand that Gordon Brown gives them equal funding to schools.

8. 28. School bans 'wrong race' hairstyle

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 March 2005 A TEENAGER was sent home from school after the headteacher ruled she was the wrong race to have a braided hairstyle.

9. 29. Head criticised by Ofsted quits

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 March 2005 A HEADTEACHER whose leadership was criticised in an Ofsted report has resigned.

10. 30. Squalid ordeal of 200 rabbits

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 02 March 2005 MORE than 200 rabbits have been found packed into small squalid hutches in the garden of a house.

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