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The Attleboro Sun Chronicle, February 27, 2014: Costs of busing homeless students on the rise in Attleboro area schools
"Homelessness isn't just taking a toll on families locally, it's also placing an increasing burden on local schools."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 24, 2014: Crossfire over plans to expand private-school-tuition tax credit program
"Student scholarship organizations are marshaling their forces behind dueling plans to expand a controversial private school tuition tax credit program."
The Columbus Dispatch, February 20, 2014: Coleman puts emphasis on jobs in State of City
"Using his record 15th State of the City address to stump for ideas to improve Columbus, Mayor Michael B. Coleman pledged yesterday to raise more people out of poverty and spend millions for more preschool education."
The Jefferson Post, February 20, 2014: (Op-Ed) Trapped by poverty and underfunded schools
"Supporters of privatizing public education with a voucher program say that parents need vouchers to give them more educational choices because many low income students are trapped in failing public schools.'"
The San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2014: Senate panel votes to study preschool vouchers
"House Republicans drafted the measure that would have provided vouchers for preschool-aged children to attend school in a limited number of counties. Families earning less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level would qualify for up to $6,800 to attend public, private or parochial preschools."
The Star Press, February 19, 2014: (Op-Ed) County does disservice to low-income students
"Why do we play hot potato with students from low-income families? Rutherford County Board of Education officials told us one of the main reasons to convert Central Middle to Central Magnet for high achievers was because the former middle school had a high percentage of children who came from families with low enough incomes to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches."
The Orlando Sentinel, February 15, 2014: Students in voucher schools could face state testing
"Weatherford wants to expand Florida's nationally watched Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program, which awards $229 million in school vouchers to more than 60,000 low-income students and provides the companies funding the program with income-tax credits."
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The National Journal, February 10, 2014: Rubio: Here's How to Make College Affordable
"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced a proposal Monday that he said would increase access to higher education and offer students the opportunity to finance an education without taking on debt."
Townhall, February 10, 2014: Rubio: The Right' Education is Now a Necessity for Nearly Everyone'
"The U.S. higher education system must be reformed to better prepare students for jobs in a 21st century market economy. Unfortunately, the price of admission to many of the country's traditional, four-year universities is too high; today U.S. students are collectively more than $1 trillion in debt."