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1. 21. Teach kids to do their sums

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 March 2004 SIXTY per cent of today's adults believe there was something vital missing from their education - lessons in how to handle money.

2. 22. Prince backs healthy school meals report

   CityLife, Monday 29 November 2004 THE Prince of Wales has intervened again in the national debate about education - this time over the quality of school meals.

3. 23. The appliance of science

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 25 September 2004 A MANCHESTER school that encourages girls to succeed in the world of science has been praised by Education Minister Ivan Lewis.

4. 24. Clarke slams fee rebels

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 March 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke today attacked an "ill-conceived" amendment, supported by some Labour backbenchers, to scupper his top-up fees Bill.

5. 25. Prince backs healthy school meals report

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 November 2004 THE Prince of Wales has intervened again in the national debate about education - this time over the quality of school meals.

6. 26. Arndale joins truancy battle

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 SECURITY guards at Manchester Arndale Centre are to get tough on truants by reporting them to education bosses. Guards will have the right to stop and question all school-age children in the centre during school hours.

7. 27. Smiles as nursery is saved

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 June 2004 PARENTS are celebrating after education bosses were told to keep open a town's last nursery school. The Office of the Schools Adjudicator said Rochdale council's case for closing Sunny Brow in Middleton was "too weak" to succeed, marking the end of a massive campaign by parents, teachers and governors.

8. 28. Schools out for Nord Anglia in £11.9m deal

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 CHEADLE-based education and training firm Nord Anglia has sold its UK schools for '11.9m. The company, which is now the nursery-place market leader in the UK and runs the elite Princess Christian nursery chain, announced earlier this year that it intended to dispose of its UK schools division because it is no longer core to its strategy.

9. 29. University hopefuls to apply after A-level results

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 September 2004 TEENAGERS will apply to university after they get their A-level results in future under radical plans backed by Education Secretary Charles Clarke today.

10. 30. Increase in frontline jobs in public sector

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 GROWTH in public sector jobs has mainly been in frontline education and health services, not admin staff, since Labour came to power, according to a new report today.

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