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"DukeEngage also exposes students to the administrative side of nonprofits. Allie Yee, a rising senior and public policy major, said she gained a better understanding of the issues surrounding child poverty through her work with Partners in Out-of-School Time."

"'Every student needs a meaningful credential beyond high school,' said Gates, who spoke to the mostly African-American audience Thursday at a National Urban League conference on education and jobs. 'Higher education is crucial for jobs,' he said, adding that education is an equalizer in society and is the key to getting urban America working and fighting poverty."

"About 36.5 percent of the county's 12,552 residents live below the poverty line, compared to 15.2 percent of individuals in Jefferson County, according to U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2009... In Alabama, 16.8 percent of families live below the poverty line..."

"Children from the most affluent families and the most poverty-stricken neighborhoods worked and played together. Test scores were high, teacher morale was high and the learning atmosphere was delightful."

"The U.S. Department of Education grant allows low-income youth, often the first in the families to attend college, to receive personal tutoring, academic advising, support and academic enrichment, officials said."

"Linda Hurt, social worker and homeless-student liaison for Jefferson County schools, said regardless of the circumstances, displaced students will have many services available to them under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act."

"Deep in the proposed $3 trillion federal budget is a little-noticed line that would take food away from 150,000 senior citizens living in poverty throughout America. There's been barely a peep about it because most people don't know it's happening."

"Some people who might otherwise be homeless can now live in modern rooms and apartments in a recently completed real estate development, the Scott School Apartment Homes on North 19th Street."

"The way he saw it, just because the Norcross school's students are primarily minority and hail from low-income homes didn't mean they were unworthy. He chose to prove they could learn and said it was time for his often-maligned international student population to show they could compete with peers across the country."

"Battling the summer slide in the District is Horizons Greater Washington, one of a handful of privately funded efforts that seek to turn summer into an advantage - instead of a liability - for children from low-income families."

"Established in 2000, Project GRAD Atlanta provides reading, mathematics, discipline, family support services and college readiness programming in Atlanta Public Schools... Project GRAD Atlanta is involved in 33 schools and works with more than 13,000 students in inner-city Atlanta, 89 percent of which are from low-income families."

"A nagging issue raised by board members was how a public charter would jibe with Crossway's mission. The organization serves predominantly low-income families and wants to continue serving children in need. But charter-school regulations require that admissions be open to everyone in the school district."