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"Detroit Public Schools cited technical difficulties' for failing to apply for Head Start funding for the fall, leaving the teachers union crying foul over the loss of the federal grant that serves low-income preschoolers."

"The Republican governor's recommendations, which spend an additional $180 million on K-12 education, were included in the Legislature's budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1."

"Drew [Charter Junior and Senior Academy] has become a model for achievement among students from low-income backgrounds, putting up test scores competitive with those at schools in the wealthiest neighborhoods. [��_] The 200,000-square-foot Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy is being built as the result of a $73 million capital campaign. Donations over $1 million came from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, CF Foundation, Chick-fil-A Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Georgia Power Foundation/Southern Company Charitable Foundation, The Kendeda Fund, The Marcus Foundation, Robertson Foundation, O. Wayne Rollins Foundation and Robert W. Woodruff Foundation."

"Currently, more than 46,000 Springfieldians live in poverty. Research shows that higher poverty rates are associated with a variety of social problems, including crime, substance abuse, domestic violence, hunger, hopelessness and apathy all issues with which our community struggles. Research also shows higher levels of education and technical skills are linked with higher incomes, which help pull families out of poverty."

Commentary: Claire McKenna, National Employment Law Project

"Researchers have known for years that low-income Medicare recipients don't always receive the prescription drug coverage that best matches their needs; but thanks to a Pitt study, there's now a price tag for this inefficiency: About $5 billion."

"The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will award just over $34 million over the next year to support local nonprofits that help students prepare for school, work to lower high school dropout rates, and provide job-training and other aid to low-income families."

"Cooke spends her days helping local seniors and their families determine their eligibility for programs including Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Meals on Wheels, Medicare, veterans benefits, low-income energy assistance, Regional Transportation Commission's RTC ACCESS (the para-transit door-to-door service for people with a disability), home and community-based services and Representative Payee, which provides money management to those who can no longer manage their bills."

"The hope is that with books of their own to take home, Osceola students more than 70 percent of whom live in low-income families will have no barriers to reading once school is out."