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1. 1. Education boss defends school closures

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 July 2002 MANCHESTER council's chief education officer has defended the decision to close seven high schools in the past three years - despite growing waiting lists at schools across the city.

2. 2. Partners in class pass test

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 04 July 2002 ROCHDALE school chiefs - slammed by Ofsted inspectors two years ago for the "bleak" education in the borough - have now been praised for the "radical transformation."

3. 3. Final blow for special schools

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 July 2002 MANCHESTER education chiefs have decided they WILL close six schools for children with special needs, despite a six-month battle by parents to keep them open.

4. 4. Bid to beat talent drain

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 July 2002 YOUNG people from Manchester and Salford are among the least likely in the country to go to university or college, despite a national drive to boost the number in higher education.

5. 5. Waste tax boost for wildlife haven

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 06 July 2002 A DISUSED clay works which nature has transformed into a wildlife sanctuary is to become home to a top quality education facility.

6. 6. Student's degree of courage

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 July 2002 WITH the use of only one arm and virtually no education, seriously-handicapped Frank Conlon has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree, after 11 long years of study.

7. 7. Crackdown on school violence

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 July 2002 PARENTS who attack teachers in schools will be prosecuted, Education Secretary Estelle Morris warned today.

8. 8. Quest for new talent

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 July 2002 THE Space For Sport And Arts programme is a partnership between the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the New Opportunities Fund, Sport England and the Arts Council of England.

9. 9. Church school 'rebel' won't lift ban

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 July 2002 A HEAD TEACHER who is defying a Church of England request to take pupils from other faiths defended his stance today.

10. 10. £30m sharing zone

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 July 2002

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