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"South Dakota received 15.2 percent of its education money from the federal government in 2007-08, for example, for programs including special education and Title I grants for students in poverty."

"At the same time, some of the biggest gains came on campuses in low-income areas, schools often considered failing by state and federal standards."

"His main goal is equal access to quality education. As part of that, he'd also like to address the district's clusters of high-poverty schools, dropout rates and distribution of resources between suburban and inner-city schools."

"But these days, the most telling criticism is coming from centrists and liberals, who believe that affirmative action... has become unfair to the poor, and frequently fails to reach those whom it was originally intended to help the most: African-Americans victimized by... Jim Crow segregation."

"In a single distressed neighborhood in each city, Mr. Obama explained, high-quality schools would be integrated into a network of early-childhood programs, parenting classes, health clinics and other social services, all focused on improving educational outcomes for poor children."

"The funds will provide retention and graduation services, and other opportunities to first-generation, low-income and disabled students at the college, a Ripon press release states.A new focus on the grant cycle is in providing information to students on financial literacy..."

"It has been 17 years since Debra Thomas was homeless with her infant daughter, but the experience still defines her. In 2004, it drove her to start a tiny nonprofit to help others facing the same misery she had."

"Gorge Martinez, 23, a UT-Austin graduate from Ferris, struggled to complete his college applications. He paid to take the SAT twice before finding out he could have applied for a low-income fee waiver."

"You might know some of these children. More than 300 in Luna County share this dilemma.They are homeless students, but continuing their education nonetheless."

"Blueroof also shares data documented at one of its other projects in Oakland: Bellefield Dwellings, a low-income senior living center. "

"A majority of the students who attend the academy are from middle- to low-income families, said Mike Moffett, vice chairman of Nampa Classical Academy's governing board."

"A cheating scandal is creating turmoil in Atlanta's public schools, casting into doubt the work of hundreds of students in at least 12 of the mostly poor, mostly minority district's elementary and middle schools."