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"Kids in poverty tend to move more frequently as their parents seek work. They might not have a computer at home or many books. They may lack the experience of traveling outside their hometowns."

"School districts reap rewards for enrolling as many students as possible in the lunch program, in part because those numbers help determine funding tied to poverty levels"

"The data show that about half of the high-poverty schools spend less per student than their wealthier counterparts. In many cases, that's because their teachers are less experienced and paid less money."

"In 2010, as part of an effort to qualify for $700 million in federal Race to the Top grants, New York passed a law that called for a teacher evaluation system. Eighteen months later, no such system is in place."

"For the second consecutive year, Michigan ranked 30th among states in the well-being of children. Michiganders should be more disappointed with the lack of progress than relieved the situation isn't worse. The poor economy has given our state one of the highest poverty rates in the country."

"'Until third grade, children are learning to read. After third grade, they also are reading to learn,' said Ralph Smith, executive vice president of the foundation. 'When kids are not reading by fourth grade, they almost certainly get on a glide path to poverty.'"

"The aim was to reach kids 'who do not speak English as their first language; come from low-income families; attend low-performing schools in the district, as measured by the California Academic Performance Index; and whose parents did not graduate from college.'"

"There is seemingly universal agreement in higher education that college completion rates aren't high enough. Yet it's difficult to find anyone pointing fingers at a particular college. Lawmakers lament the low graduation rates of students who receive federal Pell grants, the largest source of federal student aid to low-income students. "

"Jarvis, like thousands of other students in Chicago Public Schools, is homeless. He is just one of more than 10,660 students who were homeless at the beginning of the school year. That's 1,466 more than at the same point in the previous school year, according to a CPS tally."

"In Cabarrus County, for example, that means the school system could lose money that pays for a series of federal programs, including $210,000 in Title 1 funding, which helps low-income schools hire teachers and assistants to reduce class sizes, improve computer labs, purchase supplies, and increase teacher training."

"They entered a world of uncertainty, settled into a cramped Extended Stay Deluxe motel room along Stemmons Freeway and hoped for a better life. They found a godsend across the highway: an elementary school experienced in helping homeless students, most of whom live in the nearby motels."

"Hugley-Green said there are 1,060 students in Muscogee County and 60 percent are from low-income families. There are more than 1,600 applications and a waiting list with 300 children. "Many are enrolled in private programs and hope to be placed in neighborhood schools," she said."