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"A report from Portland State University and the Coalition of Communities of Color delivers grim news about Latinos living in Multnomah County: They are poorer, their jobless rate is higher, and the teen birth rate is six times that for whites."

"On Friday in Liberty City, more than 500 students at Holmes Elementary received their very own, green-and-white laptops. Students can use them in class and take them home. The idea is that their curiosity will spark learning in new ways."

"Five students from The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison participated in a candlelight vigil to recognize the homeless on Dec. 21, the first day of winter, at the Edison Municipal Building."

"Lunch prices for Ridgewood are $2.25 for kindergarten to third grade and $2.50 for fourth through 12th grade. Breakfast is $1. Reduced prices for low-income students who qualify are 40 cents for lunch and 30 cents for breakfast."

"Mr. Thomas, the Education Department spokesman, said the community's challenges were all the more reason for the city to step in. 'We don't believe students in those kinds of neighborhoods deserve to be languishing in a low-quality school,' he said. 'It's unfortunate that a lot of these schools are in low-income areas. Frankly, those are the students we need to help the most.'"

"President Obama repeated a familiar refrain about the importance of teachers in his State of the Union speech: 'A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance."

"Advocates for low-income Mainers are presenting a report that highlights the impact of poverty on children, families and seniors. The Maine Community Action Association released its annual Poverty Report Update on Thursday. The report was prepared by the Margaret Chase Smith Center at the University of Maine. The report highlights newly released county-by-county poverty data from the 2010 U.S. Census."

"The state's Community Care Program serves about 80,000 low-income people 60 and older. About 10 percent of the program's clients are 90 or older, according to Mary Killough, deputy director of the Illinois Department on Aging."

"On the heels of an announcement that the Upward Bound program at the University of Wisconsin campuses in Sheboygan and Manitowoc would be shut down as of Feb. 1, the UW chancellor announced Wednesday that some components of the program will live on."

"One in five Robertson County school-aged children were living in poverty in 2010, according to new U. S. Census data released. Sometimes, younger children fall victim to their parents' financial struggles, said Monica Causey, the lead family contact with Early Connections Network in Nashville."

"Similar to ADHC, the new program will offer center-based skilled health and nursing care, therapy, transportation and other services to eligible low-income seniors and people with disabilities. ADHC will be phased out and replaced by the new program on March 1."

"But some perspective is in order. The rankings do not factor in a district's size, progress or demographics, or consider graduation rates, Advanced Placement outcomes or other educational benchmarks like overall student progress. School superintendents from around the state justifiably cried foul over the rankings, especially those districts with high numbers of children living in poverty."