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"And that is especially difficult for historically black colleges and universities, where a larger concentration of students come to campus with pre-existing hurdles -- poverty, a lack of books in the home while growing up and the likelihood that neither Mom nor Dad went to college."

"'I stand to lose everything by coming here to see you today,' she said. 'Yet I am willing to risk all that I have to stop the unethical funneling of tax dollars through low-income individuals to further fill the coffers of mega-rich corporations.'"

"Last week the Children, Youth and Families Department said parents who made more than 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline would have their child care subsidies taken away, due to budget shortfalls. The change affected thousands of families..."

"Kindle is now 19 and starting her second year at the University of New Mexico. Her current grade-point average is 3.5, and she credits the transformation in her life to the Title I Homeless Project at Albuquerque Public Schools."

"In other places, most recently Wake County, N.C., school boards have moved back to neighborhood-school plans, which can mean plentiful resources for students in affluent areas but the opposite for students in low-income places."

"For the most part, her students scored well on standardized tests. But there were years when she could not protect her kids from the ravages of poverty and violence ,no matter how hard she tried."

"The Avalere study also found benefits will improve for low-income people whose premiums and co-payments are covered by taxpayers. For the first time since the drug benefit was offered in 2006, 9 million low-income beneficiaries will have a bigger number of plans to pick from."

"'The Lottery' follows four low-income families hoping to get a seat for their kids at Harlem Success Academy in New York. It will be shown for free at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Loudermilk Convention Center."

"California has violated federal law by classifying thousands of inexperienced, noncredentialed teachers as 'highly qualified' and assigning them to schools with heavily low-income and minority enrollments, a federal appeals court ruled Monday."

"At education conferences, Dr. Szachowicz -- who became Brockton's principal in 2004 -- still gets approached by small-school advocates who tell her they are skeptical that a 4,100-student school could offer a decent education."

"Four years of learning about social issues stirred Matthew Forrest to pursue hands-on community service. Still fresh out of college, the 22-year-old works full time helping people secure a path out of poverty and recruiting college students to assist them."

"Members of the school board's assignment committee had asked for the data to see if attending magnet school with higher-achieving students from other area would help the typically low-income base students."