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1. 21. Labour's pledge on parent power

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 March 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly wants to give parents more power and a new focus on specially tailored lessons.

2. 22. Kelly grilling over schools shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 December 2005 TONY BLAIR is under growing pressure to back down over his controversial schools shake-up as Education Secretary Ruth Kelly faces a grilling from MPs.

3. 23. MP quits post in policy protest

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 December 2005 AN MP has quit his post as a minister's private secretary over the government's education policies.

4. 24. Textbook approach for Jennifer

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 March 2005 MARK and Michelle Eden took a textbook approach towards financing their daughter's private education. They began putting the financial arrangements into place seven years ago when Jennifer was born.

5. 25. Head's reply in high school probe

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 January 2005 OFFICIALS at the Audit Commission are continuing to investigate the running of Whalley Range High School, after receiving submissions from the school and the city's education chiefs.

6. 26. Schools failing on sex lessons - watchdog

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 January 2005 TOO many schools are failing to teach sex education and other "vital" issues teenagers need to understand for later life, Ofsted said today.

7. 27. Kelly says grammars don't face chop

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 November 2005 CONTROVERSIAL education reforms will not mean greater selection in schools, according to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

8. 28. Changing your life

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 July 2005 THE furore over child tax credits has focused the spotlight on the frightening costs involved in raising a family.& Few parents realise, as they nurse their brand new little bundle of joy, just how much it's going to cost them over the next 21 years forking out for education, holidays, food, clothes, hobbies and pocket money.<BR>

9. 29. One-to-one lessons to be launched

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 October 2005 CHILDREN who struggle with the three Rs will receive one-to-one tuition under moves to be announced by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

10. 30. School is caned in cash row

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 April 2005 MANCHESTER'S top-performing state school has been told it must change the way it asks parents to contribute up to '1,230 a year towards their children's education.

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