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"The state Department of Education's redefinition of homeless students' rights to public education and pending state legislation calling for a task force on the issue are significant developments in efforts to improve access to education for these children."

"A crime-and-violence-filled environment and poverty are certainly two powerful factors that would make an 8-year-old angry or traumatized enough to exhibit violence. In fact, a violent 8-year -old arguably signals a more serious problem, requiring a different approach..."

"Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, of the Bronx, said proposed cuts in programs such as low-income heating assistance and transit aid would especially impact New York."

"Not surprisingly, the affluent are the prime beneficiaries. Those who imagine that the program pulls young black boys, for example, out of impoverished, gang-infested inner-city schools are in dreamland."

Jack Jennings, Center on Education Policy and Deborah Kasak, The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform discuss new findings

"Principal Sharon Lawson isn't surprised that her Pasteur Elementary School was highlighted by the state as an example of success against the odds. She says the Detroit school, where 80% of students live in poverty, enjoys an extensive outreach effort from community groups..."

"Gov. Corbett made an unusual and unexpected appearance Tuesday afternoon at a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans to shore up support for a school-voucher bill to help low-income students attend the schools of their choice."

"The measure, which has drawn both fervent support and opposition, would make low-income students eligible for vouchers toward their tuition at a public or private school outside their district."

"'We hope AVID helps everyone see kids of poverty or ethnic diversity as kids who can go to college. We want to get it into the mindset of students, administrators and teachers, that kids from poverty and minorities have college potential.;'"

"Next, Gonzalez was informed that the three free books that each of his school's students was entitled to -- under a nonprofit program to promote literacy in poor communities -- had never arrived."

"It's clear that the school system is failing to meet the needs of low-income parents and students. We need real educational reform for everyone. "

"Delaware's Department of Education has much at stake in salvaging Stubbs, an urban school of black and high-poverty students with traditional poor results on state standardized tests, into a new learning model focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)."