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"The major contributor to high-poverty schools is ... poverty. As long as the poverty rate in Greensboro remains about 20 percent, thousands of children from low-income families will attend local schools. They will have to overcome disadvantages that don't weigh down their more fortunate peers."

"So Zimmerman Community Center, situated in a dense low-income housing area on Northwest 14th Avenue and Quimby Street, on Monday is starting an affordable after-school childcare service called After-School Activities Program or ASAP. For $10.50 a day, not only will kids ages 4 to 7 have a place to stay from 2:30 to 6 p.m., but they also will get art and theater lessons and other instruction."

"A number of education issues were on the agenda when Cerf appeared before the committee: The ongoing plan for new teacher evaluations; a proposal for an alternate certification pathway for teachers in charter schools; and discussion of school security measures, in the wake of the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Conn. But one of the first things Education Committee Chairwoman Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) asked about was the governor's Educational Adequacy Report, a proposal that would adjust the state's school funding formula to give less extra aid to districts with high numbers of low-income and limited-English-speaking students. Both the Senate and Assembly budget committees have adopted resolutions objecting to the report."

"Officials are working out the details now and looking for a way to lower costs before kindergarten registration begins in March, Superintendent Donn Mendoza said. Fees for low-income students are expected to be waived, possibly based on their eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches, he said."

"The Portland-based John T. Gorman Foundation is providing a $300,000 grant to the Machias-based Sunrise County Economic Council to fund the technology training program, formally known as the Washington County Education and Employment through Sustainable Broadband Adoption Project [��_] Free classes have covered basic computer skills, Microsoft programs and social media skills. They�ve been held at locations throughout the 2,568 square miles that make up Washington County, which is struggling with limited economic activity, 9.4 percent unemployment and the state�s highest poverty rate."

"Any city with levels of poverty like Washington (as many as 70 percent of students are low-income) is facing struggles that the suburban districts can never imagine. These are daily struggles for basic necessities, neglectful home situations, poor nutrition and the like. Yet is any city's socio-economic status a reason to give up on 4 out of every 10 students?"

"A 2012 study by the New York-based Community College Resource Center suggested programs in which high schools offer college-credit courses could be a step toward equity for students from low-income and minority backgrounds. Studying California students in particular, researchers reported that those taking the college-credit courses are more likely to graduate high school, enroll in four-year colleges and be successful once they get there."

"Board member Rodney Jordan agreed that a child's zip code should not be the primary determinant of how many experienced teachers he or she encounters.' But Jordan said reducing concentrations of poverty in schools and improving education may be a better strategy than reassigning teachers within the division. He said research shows that high-poverty schools have more difficulty attracting experienced teachers."

"Poor schools are getting poorer in Guilford and most other counties in the state, overtaking concerns about racial imbalances in the public schools."

"So Brown is proposing to start with a base of $6,816 per student (equal shares to equals), adding extra money for students who are English learners, low-income or in foster care (unequal shares to unequals). And he repeated his Aristotelian maxim in Thursday's State of the State address: Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.'"

"It's a program of the Illinois Humanities Council in partnership with the University of Chicago's Civic Knowledge Project, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Bard College's (New York) Clemente Course in the Humanities. Since the late Earl Shorris founded the course in 1995, believing the humanities could provide a path out of poverty, the model has been used around the world."

"Advantaged students disproportionately use open enrollment, generally because they have the resources to overcome out-of-district transportation. Low-income families often don't have the means to accommodate transferring their children, resulting in a class divide and an increase in the achievement gap between schools."