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"The truth is that opponents know how bad it would look to vote against a program that has helped low-income, minority children get a better education."

"Fox said the donated goods and services from Olathe business partners have helped students from low-income backgrounds by filling basic needs federal Title I money doesn't cover and their families can't afford."

"An elementary school student in the Kenai Peninsula asked her teacher this question recently, just before a long weekend. For this girl and her younger brother, one of the most important things that school provided them was reliable breakfast and lunch."

"A 12-year-old state program to help children in low-income families get off to a healthy start and get ready for school has such scattered oversight that it could be prone to fraud, according to the state budget director."

"Students from low-income families who graduate from high school scoring in the top testing quartile are no more likely to attend college than the lowest-scoring students from wealthy families."

"Facing a $30 million budget deficit, the district is contemplating increasing class sizes by four. Others say charters are elitist and promote segregation. Charter schools aren't required to provide busing for low-income students, and most don't."

"In a Charlie Rose interview, Weingarten referred to teachers as 'powerless.' As a group? Hardly. 'Powerless' describes low-income students trapped in miserable schools."

""It's a time of critical change for older women," Wyn said. "Not only are they at risk of new and complex health conditions, but as they near the age of retirement, their insurance status may change too.""

"Diane Ravitch, perhaps America's most influential scholar on education, has reversed her stance on issues such as standardized testing, school choice and the No Child Left Behind Act."

"Only in the last couple of weeks have city officials and advocates for the elderly become fully aware of Gov. David A. Paterson's decision because it was not the typical budget reduction that becomes part of the annual jousting between Albany and New York City."

"In particular, Duncan discussed the Education Department's plan to issue guidance letters to schools across the United States, as well as its intention to conduct numerous compliance reviews around issues like discipline and equal access to educational opportunities."

"The children at School 19 and in Katie Fuller-Nave's classroom come to school with the deck stacked against them. About 95 percent live in poverty, some of them in extreme poverty. And as many as a third don't speak English as their first language."