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Sat 04 Apr 2007Ruane pledges to work for all childrenIncoming Stormont education minister Caitríona Ruane has pledged to work for all the North's children and insisted that equality would form the cornerstone of her policy.Ms Ruane told teachers attending the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers conference in Belfast yesterday that the political breakthroughs of recent weeks created a positive context for schoolchildren across Northern Ireland.