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"That's particularly true for those pursuing advanced degrees, with the government eliminating subsidies to graduate and professional students. The upside is that the savings will be used to help preserve the Pell grant program, which provides critical funding for low-income students."

"The annual event at the Northside Aztlan Community Center connects low-income kids with basics to help them succeed in school. For single mom and college student Lisa Mahler, it means her three daughters will be walking into Poudre School District classes prepared to learn."

"Before No Child Left Behind, scant attention was paid to what was happening to low-income students, especially low-income black and Latino students, who attended schools with higher proportions of underqualified teachers."

"The Title 1 program, established by the U.S. Department of Education in 1965, gives additional funding to those schools with a large percentage of low-income students. The money can be used to hire reading tutors or buy classroom supplies and supplemental teaching materials."

"Black Hills Special Services Cooperative has received a federal grant of more than $422,000 to help low-income students gain access to advanced placement courses."

"But instead of treating street culture as something that has no place in a classroom, it is being used as a vehicle to deliver instruction. That is the idea behind Fresh Prep, a program run by the Urban Arts Partnership that is trying to help hard-to-reach students pass the history Regents tests, which they must do to graduate."

"Alabama has received a federal grant of nearly $529,000 to help low-income students have greater access to Advanced Placement courses in high school."

"But under NCLB, the target passing rates for standardized tests increase each year in an effort to meet the federal law's goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading and math by 2013. Each subgroup of students based on race or disability status or poverty must also meet the same benchmark."

"New Orleans public schools are improving test scores more rapidly than the state as a whole among three critical groups: African-American students, low-income students and special education students."

"Northland, A Church Distributed, hosted a conference of churches and social-service agencies Wednesday to assist homeless schoolchildren in Seminole County."

"More than 4,000 students from low-income families will head back to school with new clothes, shoes and school supplies thanks to the Service League of Green Bay's annual Back-to-School Store and other efforts, but advocates said many more still need help."

"Fairlead Academy opened in 2008 to offer handpicked freshmen and sophomores a school with smaller classes in a bid to stem the dropout rate. The academy is housed in an old elementary school in Great Mills; last year, 120 students were enrolled."