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The New York Times, March 13, 2011: Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers' Children
"Schools like Sherwood, and teachers like Mr. Ramos, are on the front lines, struggling against family mobility, neighborhood violence and the ''pobrecito,'' or ''poor little thing,'' mentality of low academic expectations."
Chicago Tribune, March 13, 2011: Striving for 'transformational schools'
"We recruit top recent college graduates of all academic majors, all career interests to commit two years to teach in high-poverty communities and ultimately become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence."
The Miami Herald, March 12, 2011: Pell Grants make America exceptional'
"These are our poorest students, the ones who likely will be denied an opportunity to write their own ticket out of poverty if Pell Grants are reduced, as is being proposed in Congress."
The Daily News Leader, March 12, 2011: (Op-Ed) Scholarship program should have succeeded
"Unfortunately, in 2009, this oasis of a safe, nurturing educational environment provided for D.C. children by the Opportunity Program in this city of crime and poverty was terminated by Democrat politicians beholden to teacher union bosses."
March 11-13, 2011: CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll---Nationwide poll solicits the public's views on proposed changes to funding of federal programs.
Topic(s): Aging, Economic Opportunity, Education, Health
The Washington Post, March 10, 2011: Henderson nominated as schools chancellor
"D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has tempered his recent criticismof the IMPACT teacher evaluation system, which he said in January was unfair to educators in high-poverty schools..."
The Olympian, March 10, 2011: Early education helps safety
"I'm glad to see there is strong bipartisan support for our state's preschool program for low-income children, the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program."
Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2011: L.A. charter schools in merger talks
"The 18 Alliance schools focus on academics, typically relegating arts and athletics to informal after-school activities. The majority of its students are low-income Latinos."
Tallahassee Democrat, March 10, 2011: Students visit Capitol, offer ideas on higher education
"Some of the recommendations included having student feedback as a part of how teachers are evaluated, that the Florida Legislature develop a new source of funding or reallocate resources from an existing source to support qualifying low-income students..."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 2011: Welfare Department tops in spending
"The cost of Medical Assistance for senior citizens and low-income and disabled people would rise in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget, but the AdultBasic health care insurance program would get nothing and remain dead."
Des Moines Register March 9, 2011: House OKs preschool changes
"Iowa's free public preschool program would be repealed and replaced with a sliding-scale payment system under a hotly debated bill approved Tuesday night by the Iowa House.Republicans said it's the fiscally responsible action to require more affluent families to pay."
March 8-14, 2011: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Survey---Nationwide poll solicits the public's views on where to cut spending in order to reduce the budget deficit.
Topic(s): Aging, Economic Opportunity, Health