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"We encourage the Board of Education to prevent schools of concentrated poverty in its plans and to push for new planning ordinances that will increase the supply of good, affordable housing throughout the county."

"The unions argue this will chase teachers out of the profession. There will be more demands, more tests, more stress, less job stability and a disincentive for teachers to tackle low-income classrooms."

"The Latino community's growing anxiety over the board's decision highlights Prince George's uneasy transition from a majority-black county that has been a magnet for affluent African Americans to a county increasingly characterized by low-income Latino immigrant enclaves."

"Money would be distributed to districts based on numbers of low-income students and most heavily to schools that have been the lowest-performing on standardized tests in recent years."

"In Pasco, nearly 70 percent of students come from low-income families, and 61 percent come from non-English-speaking or bilingual homes. In some individual schools, those numbers are much higher."

"Some liberals try to resist any accountability for teachers by blaming the poverty and social circumstances of students themselves, arguing in essence, 'First solve all the problems of society...' They are refuted by the existence of high-poverty, high-performing public schools."

"'Kids come to school hungry; some are homeless,' said Mary Flanagan, 55, a third-grade teacher from Richmond. 'How can we deal with problems like that with as many as 38, 40 kids in a class?''"

"The districts and charter schools that became partners in the application enroll more than 650,000 students, including 56 percent of the state's low-income students, 75 percent of its African American students, and 71 percent of Hispanic students..."

"She decided to dedicate her savings to a new scholarship program that would award $5,000 a year, renewable for four years, to a low-income, black, female student at Kennedy High.'So many African-American women have a difficult time. Having an education can help them...'"

"Overall, more than 80 percent come from low-income families; more than 60 percent are minorities. Some 84 percent come from families in which no one has ever graduated from college, Fayette officials say."

"Joshua is benefiting from a new wave of extracurricular activities at East Silver Spring: free programs that aim to expose the low-income, mostly-minority students to cultures, skills and instruction not previously available to them inside or outside the classroom."

"He also pledged to use any revenues the state collects - beyond what is expected in the budget - to fund Cal Grants, which awards grants - some of up to $9,700 a year - to help middle- and low-income students pay for college."