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"Gov. Bobby Jindal recently vetoed language in the new state budget that would have imposed performance requirements on the $10 million program, which pays tuition for students from low-income families who were attending failing public schools in New Orleans."

"While it is true that no ethnic group is showing signs of saving enough for retirement, one of the sad truths is that minorities in lower-wage jobs who need the most options for retirement savings have the fewest."

" Last year, the University of Colorado enrolled 4,082 minority students - a record number. CU's student body across all campuses is 19 percent minority. Colorado State University enrolled 1,609 low-income and ethnically diverse students in 2010."

"Better to suffer the short-term stigma associated with attending a rapidly improving school than to be sentenced to a lifelong struggle with poverty or time in prison because of a poor education."

"A recent study by the University of Minnesota followed the educational and social development of more than 1,400 low-income, minority children from high-poverty Chicago neighborhoods."

"After spending more than half a year surrounded by drugs and violence in a homeless shelter with their two tots, a Queens couple is turning their lives around.Their first step - obtaining college degrees."

"Those who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches also qualify for discounts based on family income, and students of low-income families could be enrolled for free. Students who live outside of Glassboro will pay between $250 and $125 per course..."

"Critics cite the location of top-rated teachers as evidence that IMPACT disadvantages instructors in schools with high rates of poverty and other social problems. Just 5 percent of the 'highly effective' teachers work in Ward 8, the city's most impoverished area..."

"Access to quality food and nutrition is often beyond the reach of migrant families for several reasons, Richard said, including annual incomes below the poverty line as well as limited refrigeration and cooking facilities."

"In contrast, Georgia's k-12 public schools administer annually more than 85 state-mandated tests --- with all results reported publicly. SSOs have apparently failed to serve a significant number of low-income students."

"On its face, the investigation tarnishes the 12-year tenure of Superintendent Beverly Hall, who was named US Superintendent of the Year in 2009 largely because of the school system's reported gains especially in inner-city schools"

"Florida educators worry that a new fee on adult-education classes will force students to drop out of a program meant to help them secure work or higher-paying jobs. Starting this month, the state is requiring colleges, adult centers and other schools to charge $90 to $360 a year..."