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"House Republicans drafted the measure that would have provided vouchers for preschool-aged children to attend school in a limited number of counties. Families earning less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level would qualify for up to $6,800 to attend public, private or parochial preschools."

"Why do we play hot potato with students from low-income families? Rutherford County Board of Education officials told us one of the main reasons to convert Central Middle to Central Magnet for high achievers was because the former middle school had a high percentage of children who came from families with low enough incomes to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches."

"Weatherford wants to expand Florida's nationally watched Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program, which awards $229 million in school vouchers to more than 60,000 low-income students and provides the companies funding the program with income-tax credits."

Interview with Jim Weill, FRAC Executive Director

"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced a proposal Monday that he said would increase access to higher education and offer students the opportunity to finance an education without taking on debt."

"The U.S. higher education system must be reformed to better prepare students for jobs in a 21st century market economy. Unfortunately, the price of admission to many of the country's traditional, four-year universities is too high; today U.S. students are collectively more than $1 trillion in debt."

"Close followers of fiscal policy will recognize these figures as familiar weapons in the generational theft' argument. The implication is that all that money the government spends on seniors is the reason child services are impoverished. But the argument is a con job."

"But an unbounded entitlement would not reduce children's early gaps in learning. It could even exacerbate disparities. The issue is how, not whether, to invest more in preschool, mindfully preventing learning disparities before they emerge. Poor youngsters enter kindergarten already four to six months behind their middle-class peers in oral language and preliteracy skills."

"The D.C. initiative is called the Family Engagement Partnership (FEP), supported by the Flamboyan Foundation, which tries to improve educational outcomes in the District and Puerto Rico. The program operates in 10 elementary schools - as well as two education campuses; two middle schools, one secondary school, and nine charter schools. They had to compete for a chance to join the program. The District plans to add 15 more schools."

"New Jersey has shown marked increases in getting low-income children to eat breakfast in school, while Pennsylvania has demonstrated slow improvement in serving the meals."