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"The percentage of Wisconsin public school students in poverty continues to increase."

"If the integration' of our schools is one's measure, Mr. Redding would have concerns. While many of our schools educate children from dozens of nationalities, our city schools, whether public charter, district or vocational, tend to have higher percentages of children of color living in poverty compared to suburban schools."

"Like many elders across the U.S., Thelma lives on Social Security. Thelma receives $1,224 in monthly Social Security income, yet it takes a minimum of $1,283 to meet her monthly expenses. She earns just above the average income level for Wisconsin's female Social Security recipients, which is only $13,659 annually."

"Unfortunately, there is a glaring omission in most of the debate and reporting about the relationship between improving education and poverty. Ironically, the missing piece is a key outcome goal in new standards: Use evidence to support logical arguments."

"Poverty has many faces. Many of those faces are getting younger. In some respects, such as helping to lift the elderly from poverty, we have made much progress during the 50-year-old War on Poverty. Social Security and Medicare provide important safety nets for senior citizens."

"Bunker Hill Democrat Andy Manar's legislation has been amended to cap the amount of state funds given to the poorest schools to ensure money can be spread around evenly to districts with average amounts of poverty. The measure is aimed at streamlining the state's school funding formula by requiring districts to demonstrate need before receiving money."

"Georgia's new system for grading schools is far more complex than the one it replaces. Educators see it as an improvement in gauging performance at schools with high poverty rates."