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"Black, Hispanic and low-income students are decidedly underrepresented -- a disparity that has long plagued more traditional part-time gifted and talented programs in the state and beyond."

"Tim Albrecht, a spokesman for the governor's office, said Branstad's plan would cut costs while continuing to offer assistance to those needing it most. Parents would pay fees on a sliding scale ranging from $3 per month for the lowest-income families to $133 per month..."

"The UT School of Public Health study focused on fourth- and fifth-graders at eight low-income elementary schools in Houston and Austin . It showed that students at schools with Marathon Kids spent more minutes exercising.'"

"[Clackamas Elementary's] parents and teachers questioned whether students would still have access to supplemental resources that are financed by Title I funding, which the district grants to schools with a high percentage of low-income students. "

"Free and reduced-price lunches are available to students determined to be in or near poverty.. This year, for example, students from a four-person household were generally eligible for free or reduced-price lunches if the household income was less than $40,793."

"Alianza hopes the hybrid model will help diminish the persistent achievement gaps between affluent and economically disadvantaged students and whites and minorities."

"A Public Policy Institute of California review of 14 recent studies shows that beginning kindergarten at a later age improves children's social and academic development and provides a significant boost to their test scores, especially for children from low-income families."

"Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D-Albuquerque, cast the dissenting vote. Stapleton, a former elementary school teacher, said she was worried that schools with the most impoverished students would not get the money necessary to make the retention program successful."

"It's really good, the counselor said, asking Lopes to join Rhode Island Educational Talent Search, one of five federally funded support programs intended to help low-income minority students get into college and stay the course through graduation."

"The preschool serves 80 children in Early Head Start and 46 in Head Start. Both programs are federally funded, and both target low-income families. Early Head Start serves pregnant women and children up to age 3. Head Start serves children ages 3-5."

"Both schools eliminated early-action programs several years ago as a way to open access to more low-income and minority applicants and remove some of the pressure and complexity of the process."

"This is an expensive, but effective program that must grow in coming years -- not only because it is worthy, but also because state law says all low-income children are entitled to it."