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"Its 258 students would be assigned to J.M. Alexander Middle, where enrollment would grow from 604 to 862. Davidson IB Middle currently has 19 percent low-income student enrollment. The new J.M. Alexander Middle would have 32 percent."

"Neither school would seem likely to turn out high-performing students. They serve high minority populations of students, many of whom come from impoverished homes. But both schools have managed to turn what some might see as obstacles into academic excellence."

""Unless we find ways to increase the number of students who return to complete their college degrees," the U.S. will lag further behind in the number of college-educated citizens in this century, it said."

"He said 'If our kids do not have coats, we will get them. They will get themselves to school and learn.' That's one thing I respect about him. He does not see poverty as an excuse for failure.'"

"Aycock said the effort is particularly important at Prairie Elementary because 66 percent of students come from low-income families. Historically, those students are at a higher risk to eventually become overweight."

"Discussions about the value of targeting at-risk students in preschool and preparing them for kindergarten traditionally have been held in inner-city communities, not the suburbs."

"This was the second forum dealing with plans to close three high-poverty, low-performing middle schools and move most of the students to new preK-8 schools to be created in eight current elementary schools."

"Administration officials say it addresses their concern that students from for-profit schools often end up with unmanageable debt and weak job prospects. Industry leaders respond that their schools offer older and low-income students an opportunity to get ahead in life."

"To be included in that definition, according to the law, an institution must advance a charitable purpose - the relief of poverty, advancement of education or religion, or prevention and treatment of illness and injury. It must also operate 'entirely free from private profit motive.'"

"When the school year begins in August, the school will become the 25th in the national Cristo Rey network, which includes a seven-year-old school in Cleveland. All Cristo Rey schools target low-income kids and all require work-study. They also have longer than-usual-school days..."

"The program's primary focus, according to the executive summary, is 'to ensure that students in high-poverty and/or highminority schools ... have equitable access to highly effective teachers and principals ... and are not served by ineffective teachers and principals..."

"Asked to explain the divergent findings, Jodi Grant, executive director of After School Alliance, talked about the 'incredible poverty' in Chicago. She pointed to 'two big barriers': a shortage of programs and the cost of those that are available."