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"Critics say Noble is nickel-and-diming its mostly low-income students over insignificant, made-up infractions that force out students administrators don't want. `We think this just goes over the line...' said Julie Woestehoff, executive director of the Chicago advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education..."

"About 96% need remedial math and English, and many are the first in their family to attend college. They grew up amid crime and poverty and graduated from local high schools that are among the lowest-performing in the state, he added."

"She was referring to families that are just above the poverty line so they can't qualify for Head Start, a federal program for preschool children from low-income families. Leatherbarrow said the college presidents' recommendations, which he said are expected out soon, could include a provision that people will pay according to their ability."

"It might be a lot easier to ignore the homeless if they stayed true to the public's perception. The stereotypical homeless person is supposed to be a bum with an alcohol and/or drug addiction who panhandles to feed his habit."

"As Humboldt County school districts prepare their budgets for next year, officials are trying to wrap their heads around a new proposal from the governor that would allocate additional funding to schools based on the number of low-income students and English-language learners."

"Nutrition supervisors said the number of students qualifying for the free and reduced meals program has risen sharply since 2007 -- along with the number of homeless and hungry students. In the Seaford school district, about 75 percent of students qualify for the FARMs program, an increase from about 55 percent of students five years ago, according to Dena King, coordinator of parent and family resources."

"As education groups battle over which California tax initiative would give the biggest boost to schools, advocates for low-income residents fear safety-net programs remain vulnerable no matter what happens on the ballot in November."

"As education groups battle over which California tax initiative would give the biggest boost to schools, advocates for low-income residents fear safety-net programs remain vulnerable no matter what happens on the ballot in November."

"Brooks said the group's legislative priorities this year are to get the state to do more about child abuse deaths, prevent superintendents from assigning teachers who are being disciplined to alternative school programs, promote an earned income tax credit for low-income families and reduce the number of children jailed for minor offenses through use of diversion programs."

"A pilot project at Central Elementary School aims to lay the groundwork for poor young children so they're prepared to learn to read when they enter kindergarten. The effort is a collaboration of the nonprofit United Way of Whatcom County, the school and the Ferndale School District."

"Imagine if parents and children participated in programs that provided education and skills for both at the same time. It is happening in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Community Action Project's CareerAdvance program where parents whose children are enrolled in local Head Start programs have the opportunity to earn credentials in nursing and health technology..."

"A group of Barnes Elementary School parents are complaining about what they describe as inequality for kindergartners. During a Beaverton School District listening session this week, Barnes Elementary parent Jennifer Osawa read a letter signed by parents of children in half-day kindergarten classes, saying the high-poverty school has fewer full-day kindergarten options than low-poverty schools of similar size."