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"Community colleges are one of the state's key vehicles for economic mobility and social equity, helping countless low-income students and people of color make the jump into the middle class, according to a new report, 'Pathways out of Poverty for Vulnerable Californians...'"

"The motivation has been the South Dakota Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program, or GEAR UP. Its goal is to increase the number of first generation, low-income Native American students who are prepared to enter and succeed in college..."

"Jule Sugarman, a public administrator whose skill at navigating the federal bureaucracy made him a key figure in founding the Head Start early-education program for poor children, died of cancer Nov. 2 at his home in Seattle."

"'It has skyrocketed,' said Karen Barber, director of federal programs. 'This time last year, we had 450 students identified as living in a homeless situation, and we ended the year with 1,375.'"

"The reports put heavy weight on progress that schools make on measures like graduation rates, state tests and credits earned by students... They also give more credit to progress made by schools with a high number of low-income students."

"If you had a million dollars to spend on Newark's public schools, how would you use it?More teachers? Tutors? New books? Advanced classroom technology? No, the correct answer -- to the city's mayor, at least -- is "relentless outreach."

"Arkansas tests students and labels schools and school districts to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. That law calls for all students to achieve at their grade level on state math and literacy tests by 2013-14 regardless of race, ethnicity, poverty level..."

"The 4-3 council vote was the second time that Canal Winchester has turned down plans for low-income senior-citizen housing submitted by Fairfield Homes, and it's not the only central Ohio community where residents recently have opposed such apartments."

Topic(s): Aging

"It's not enough to serve a turkey feast on the holidays for older New Yorkers, at least, not in a state where the experts estimate that one in four New Yorkers over age 60 and living at home is considered nutritionally at risk."

"During the past 10 years, the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals in Wisconsin schools has risen gradually from 24.1 percent in 2000-01 to 37.2 percent in 2009-10."

"Her excitement quickly fades when her living situation is brought up. During the summer before seventh grade, she became homeless. Now she shares a bedroom with her aunt, who is a live-in caregiver. Her father is unemployed and disabled."