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"The eligible districts and schools have agreed to revamp their educational systems in return for the money. They enroll 38 percent of Pennsylvania's public school students and 57 percent of its low-income students."

"Daniel A. Domenech arrived in Fairfax County 13 years ago as the new schools superintendent.He was a former elementary school teacher with a reputation for raising achievement for low-income students. But he had to prove himself, fast, in difficult circumstances."

"After the state began offering tax-credit vouchers to low-income students in 2001, students in public schools with a greater and more diverse array of private schools around them showed greater gains in standardized test scores than students in other public schools..."

"Meanwhile, Davis trumpets her district's success, namely that of all the districts in Illinois with at least a 50 percent or higher poverty level..., District 162 is the only one with 80 percent or more of its students scoring at or above state standards."

"A new report highlights an economic crisis facing West Virginia's large senior population. The study released Wednesday finds more than one in 10 residents age 65 or older at or below the federal poverty line. One-fourth rely entirely on Social Security. Most are women."

"For the most part, this class of women cleans houses, watches kids and waits tables. Anyone who has spent time doing any of those jobs knows two things: It's hard work, and the pay bites. And yet this is where most nonprofessional women stay, hovering near poverty..."

"Research has shown that simply giving children books may be as effective as summer school... The big question is whether the effect can be replicated on a larger scale and help reduce the USA's... achievement gap between low-income and middle-class students."

"A handful of small, private women's colleges, including Alverno College in Milwaukee, the College of New Rochelle in New York and Trinity Washington University in Washington, are shifting to enrolling and graduating low-income minority students."

"Their failure comes at a high cost to the rest of us. Those who don't graduate are twice as likely as graduates to be jobless, three times as likely to live in poverty and eight times more likely to wind up in prison."

"The buildings usually don't offer meals or services. But also included among the buildings are three new assisted-living facilities for low-income seniors, along with a building for those with memory loss."

"The last day of classes doesn't end the work of Georgia's public school administrative staff who help poor and homeless students. With unemployment and foreclosures sinking more families into financial crisis, some school districts have expanded their assistance..."

"The deposits would be small - $50 to start, $100 for lower-income children - but the hope is that they will pay huge dividends, teaching students about saving and budgeting while forging the conviction that a college education is within reach."