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"Low-income students, special education students, and students not fluent in English tend to lag, as well. Such gaps also show up on other measures, such as high school graduation rates."

"More than half of UC Merced applicants come from families considered low-income by the state. More than 50 percent are also the first in their families to attend college -- a percentage that is unmatched by any other UC campus."

"The district is emphasizing guided reading, small-group instruction, inquiry-based instruction, connected math that reaches across other disciplines and has added math and literacy coaches this year. Professional development in understanding poverty is continuing."

"Last year's Education Week report was highly touted by Gov. Charlie Crist and Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith, and it's likely they will do the same with the latest report."

"UC Berkeley outshines other flagship schools in extending the welcome mat to low-income applicants: 33 percent of its students rely on Pell grants, compared with an average of 21 percent at 22 other flagships."

"A 2007 study by Carnegie Mellon University showed that in a group of low-income preschoolers, playing a board game with numbers, such as Chutes and Ladders, helped them improve their performance on four kinds of numerical tasks."

"The Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, a community-based organization providing health services to uninsured low-income residents in western Fairfax County, began its volunteer services in the cafeteria of Herndon Middle School in 2002."

"It's a new twist on philanthropy, with donors able to directly help low-income people save more, borrow less and work their way to financial independence."

"Greenfield school administrators will move onto other priorities on their stimulus wish list after the state denied their proposal for 'seclusion areas' in special education classrooms."

"The more federal land, the less opportunity to generate property taxes, said Todd Hauber, State Office of Education associate superintendent of business services. The Utah income tax is the primary source of funding for public education."

"A 30-year-old teacher with almost no administrative experience wants to start a charter with 80 fifth-graders, almost all low-income, in a church basement."

"Thirty years ago, a federal Pell Grant covered most of the cost of attending a four-year college; today it covers about a third, making it more difficult for low-income students to attend their states' flagship schools."