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"This year students from low-income families in the Weldon Valley school district will be eligible for free or reduced-price meals during classes.

"Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and Retired Senior and Volunteer Program of Enid and North Central Oklahoma have teamed to help low-income seniors in the area."

"It isn't enough that financial aid for college is available to low-income students. They have to know it's available. A new study by the nonprofit Urban Institute found that many low-income families aren't aware of what aid is available, don't know how to navigate the system and often overestimate how much college costs. But when they are made aware of what aid is available, a world of possibilities can open. And that can provide a powerful incentive for students from poor families to apply themselves to their studies."

"The percentage of students from low-income families in Austin and many of its surrounding school districts has been shrinking since 2011 and took a steeper dive last school year, a change that the experts tracking rapid growth in Central Texas can't quite explain."

"Children participating in the Hannah Project's 'Freedom School' in Marin City this summer are being taught that poverty is not a fact of life that must be grudgingly accepted, but an injustice that must be corrected. The Freedom School, a summer enrichment program at the Hannah Project, was created by the Washington D.C.-based Children's Defense Fund to encourage reading and to build leadership skills."

"Low-income schools with high minority student populations tend to opt for severe punishments over medical or psychological interventions when dealing with behavioral problems, according to a new study by a sociologist at Pennsylvania State."

"The University of Georgia has received a $1.1 million federal grant to help first-generation and low-income students on its campus. The grant is part of the U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services program that provides services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds at colleges across the country, and will be distributed over the next five years."

"A controversial state program that uses taxpayer money to provide scholarships at private schools does not violate the state constitution's provisions on funding for public education, the N.C. Supreme Court said in a 4-3 decision on Thursday. North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarships program provides grants of up to $4,200 each to help low-income families send their children to private schools. This past year, they were given to 1,878 students, including some attending private schools in Fayetteville."

Although the average income of older Americans has grown rapidly over recent decades, 6.5 million adults ages 65 and older—14 percent of the older population—do not have enough income to meet their needs.

"But there's a potential downside to that college job. Just like parental income, student earnings may boost expected family contribution, a figure which represents what a family is expected to pay for one year of college. And students who over-earn may see a chunk of need-based aid removed from the next year's financial aid package."

"The percentage of low-income students who met college-readiness benchmarks on the ACT exam last year remained flat from the year before, according to a report released this week by ACT Inc. and a national education group."

"A new report about college-going nationwide underscores how much financial aid is available to low-income families, yet shows that many do not take advantage of it. According to the report by the Urban Institute, 'low-income, first-generation and minority families are particularly vulnerable to misconceptions concerning college costs.' If these families were made more aware of how feasible it is to go to college, they might be more likely to go, according to the report."