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"Chicago's mayor got another national stage to tout his push for an increased minimum wage and expanded earlier educational opportunities as he works to gain the support of liberals whom he has often viscerally disdained. That it came just six months before Emanuel will ask Chicago voters to give him a second term was not lost on his potential opponents."

"The reason, the study concludes, is not a lack of motivation or even money, but a lack of key community and high school resources, such as mentors, tutors and access to challenging classes that are available to children from wealthier households. Without these key supports, the report notes, students from low-income homes are significantly less likely to find the path to college and are more likely to struggle if they get there."

Commentary: Terry Laudick and Robin Brule, New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union

"Wichita will not participate in a new program that would offer free meals to every student regardless of family income at least not this school year, officials said."

"In too many inner-city neighborhoods, schools are dead-ends. Instead of equipping poor children with the skills they need to escape poverty, bad schools lower their expectations and sink their hopes."

"For several years, early childhood professionals have thrown around the number 30 million words. That is the difference between the words children from high-income families hear versus the number children in poverty hear."

"Idaho struggles with the image that it appears at the bottom of many data rankings when it comes to education, and there is another data set to add to the list. The Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Idaho at No. 47 for preschool participation, and Canyon County's numbers are even lower than the state as a whole."

"After 15 years as a K-8 school, Sugar Creek Charter School is adding high school. And its leaders are trying to avoid the path of some of the nation's most lauded college-prep charter schools. Charter chains such as YES Prep, Uncommon Schools and KIPP have earned a reputation for getting low-income minority students into college. But preparing them to finish college is another matter."

"It is well known that in the United States, women and children in low-income families have significantly higher death rates than women and children of affluent families. However, new research shows that we have a well-established and evidenced-based program that can reduce those higher death rates."