California

"With the population growing older, mental health experts warned Monday of a coming tsunami of behavioral health care needs among elderly homeless people."

"The governor's plan, known as the Local Control Funding formula,' directs additional funds to students with the greatest need low-income students, English learners and foster youth. But one portion of the plan, known as the concentration grant,' allocates additional funds to districts in which 50 percent of the student population qualifies as being educationally disadvantaged."

"A partnership between the nonprofit Monarch School Project and the San Diego County Office of Education, the unusual educational program serves students from kindergarten through high school who are affected by homelessness. San Diego is one of just four counties nationwide to be given permission from the federal government to run public schools specifically for homeless students."

"After launching a successful San Diego pilot program last year to bring low-cost broadband service and computers into the homes of needy K-12 students, Cox Communications is expanding the effort to all the markets it serves in the state."

"For years, the Legislature has made it clear to public universities that enrolling and graduating more California students - especially low-income students of color - is a priority for the state. But it has never attached those values to actual funding."

"Local educators are pushing to expand and enrich preschools for low-income children this year after budget cuts have left Ventura County serving only half of eligible kids. A group of 100 parents, teachers and county officials met Thursday afternoon at an El Rio preschool to discuss the problem and what's being done to help."