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"'If it's not, I'm not going to support it. I have a problem with setting aside any seats for achievement,' he continued. 'It's substituting achievement for race, or economics.' And if relying on proximity results in high concentrations of low-income students, how would the system deal with that?"

"In an average week, Classroom Central gives away 71,000 pencils and pens to teachers working with low-income students. That's 10,142 a day, 422 an hour, or seven a minute. And it's still not enough."

"California has the nation's second-highest unemployment rate, with more than 2 million jobless workers, yet many employers still can't fill job openings that require technical or mechanical skills."

"Nearly 43,000 low-income seniors and people with disabilities are finding themselves in similar straits as they learn they no longer qualify for Illinois Cares Rx, a popular program whose funding was slashed in half, to $53.7 million from $107.4 million, in the new state budget."

"In an interview before the march, Nantambu cited some examples of racism, including the closings of about a dozen schools with high minority populations and the use of Teach for America teachers in high-poverty schools."

"Eighteen percent of Forsyth students get free or reduced lunches, compared to 61 percent in Muscogee County. In other words, more children are living in poverty in Columbus than in Cumming."

"The 2011 version added a new feature, which allows households to see whether delaying retirement past 65 could help meet their income needs. The model found that 84 is the age at which 90 percent of low-income households would have a 50 percent probability of having enough retirement income."

"The debate over how to fix Michigan's education system often boils down to arguments over budgets, benefits, teacher tenure and class size. Those issues may affect the way children learn in school, but U.S. Census figures hint at a single overriding factor: poverty."

"A handful of public schools in Arizona are the first to undertake an ambitious new program this year to not only improve what students learn but also to demand results and reward them by allowing some to graduate two years sooner."

"A comprehensive study released in November 2009 by researchers Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob of the University of Virginia found that student improvement under No Child Left Behind has been concentrated in the earlier grades, most notably in Grade 4 math scores and mostly among Hispanic and low-income students."

"While the debate over how to fix Michigan's education system often boils down to arguments over budgets, teacher tenure and class size - census figures hint at a single, overriding factor affecting the way children learn in school: poverty."

"School Superintendent Tim McGonegal revealed a startling statistic to members of the Manatee CEO Roundtable Friday morning. When school doors open Aug. 22, there will be more homeless students than ever in Manatee County, McGonegal told the group. 'The number of homeless students has increased to 1,500,' he told the group, which meets quarterly."