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"An Albuquerque Public Schools program that started 17 years ago to help homeless students now has a permanent home of its own. The Title I Homeless Project received about $400,000 of federal stimulus money to renovate a cluster of portables that now house a preschool..."

"One crucial element in all this can't be easily measured: attitude, both in teachers and students. Leaders like Rhee have insisted on hiring only teachers who believe that they can make big gains despite the drag on learning that comes from poverty."

"Head Start is a federally funded program that provides free preschool services to low-income children and their families. Abdalla said when he went early to register at his daughter's school, he found no room there for his son."

"Massage and beauty schools, online universities and other for-profit colleges in Georgia and across the nation are cashing in on federal stimulus spending, collecting $2.2 billion in tuition grants for low-income students, public records show."

"Princeton started the no-loan trend by eliminating loans in financial aid packages for low-income students in the 1998-99 academic year and for all students in 2001."

"Mr. Eisman... said the for-profit education industry, like the subprime mortgage industry, has rested on the proliferation of loans to low-income people who would not be able to repay them."

"'They deserve a decent wage like anyone else,' Cantrell said. 'They are professionals, they shouldn't be poverty-stricken.'"

"Low-income students at small schools have shown more academic progress than similar students at larger high schools, but graduation rates have been slow to follow suit."

"The Montgomery County Board of Education on Thursday was briefed on a report that shows the school district lags the state in the performance of seventh- and eighth-graders, especially among students who are black and/or impoverished."

"Sophisticated or better-off parents can challenge district decisions through lengthy 'due process' procedures, said attorney Valerie Vanaman... But low-income or non-English-speaking parents will be disproportionately harmed, she predicted."

"Victor Cardenas, a homeless wanderer for much of his high school career, graduated this past Memorial Day weekend the valedictorian of his class at Furr High School, with a perfect 4.0 out of 4.0 average. He's the first person in his family to get past the tenth grade."

"Because of its number of low-income students, Cameron is a Title 1 school and thus receives federal funding for additional teaching resources. For educators such as Towery, leading students in the school is a rewarding challenge."