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"Two of the colleges at the university, Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, will cover the cost of cap and gown for students who demonstrate financial need, starting this commencement season, according to Sydney Goss, director of communications for Columbia College."

"A longtime state program to reduce class sizes in elementary schools with significant numbers of poor students would no longer require fewer students in classrooms under changes senators will vote on Wednesday."

"But U-M has one number it's probably not proud of: the smallest share of low-income students among Michigan's public universities, and one of the lowest rates among public universities in the country. Schlissel says increasing diversity, including economic diversity, on the Ann Arbor campus is a priority."

"48 million children across the United States live in low-income or poor families. And, for many of those children, higher education may seem like an impossible dream."

"President Obama this weekend is stressing the importance of education and government investments in education in keeping American students competitive in an era of ever-expanding globalization."

"Research has long shown that students from low-income families tend to lag behind their wealthier peers on standardized test performance and other measures of academic success. Now, a study led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard finds a correlate to this 'income-achievement' gap within kids' brain structures."

"More than 400 Texas schools were recognized for improvements at campuses where at least 40 percent of the students are considered low income. The Texas Education Agency on Thursday identified this year's high-performing and/or high-progress Title I reward schools."

"Publicly funded preschools across the country are largely segregated by race and income, and poor children are typically enrolled in the lowest quality programs, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University."

"Virginia Senator Mark Warner and Senator Rob Portman of Ohio have proposed legislation to help low-income students earn college credits while they are still in high school."

"He is part of a growing number of low-income students who are able to attend elite schools, as universities seek out more socioeconomically diverse students and offer more aid to lower-income families. But once students make it through the ivy gates, they find they are still not completely accepted."

"According to the College Board, which runs the AP program, in 2013 about 15 percent of graduating seniors in the U.S. were black. But, black students made up only about 9 percent of AP test takers. That same year the latest for which reliable comparisons are available low-income students made up 48 percent of the high school population, but only about 28 percent of AP test takers."