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"The eight-hour session dealt with two big issues: What to do about the beleaguered iPad project, and whom to favor in passing out federal funds earmarked for low-income kids."

"Once seen as sexist and outdated, the all-male educational model has been resurrected to serve New York City's poorest boys, a group feared to be more likely to go to prison than to college."

"State and local social service advocates are calling on New York to simplify the food stamp application process for seniors, citing a study that indicates about 82,000 Nassau and Suffolk adults over the age of 60 are eligible for the aid but are not applying."

"More than two dozen local schools face reduced funding next year as the Los Angeles school district funnels more federal money to campuses with a higher percentage of low-income students."

"Want to boost the number of low-income Hispanic students who graduate from high school and go on to college? Then find a way to get their parents on board first."

"With the introduction on Wednesday of a bill by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa to expand preschool access to low-income families, more children like Tegan may have the same opportunity."

"Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday proposed a new reading initiative aimed at boosting proficiency by using $12 million in each of the next two years from federal assistance funds aimed at low-income families."

"It's harder to snag coveted affordable senior housing in this city than it is to get into an Ivy League college. Almost 3,000 low-income elderly city residents applied the 66 studios and one-bedroom apartments at the HANAC-PCA Senior Residence in Astoria, a $24 million complex that will be unveiled on Friday."

"It seems odd, almost irrational, to hear all the talk of the new Common Core teaching methods and tests to measure student and teacher performance without first figuring out how to address the biggest problem many schools face: poverty."

"Educating children who live in poverty emerged as the top priority when Springfield school board members were asked about topics that deserve attention and time during upcoming meetings."

"It has become a depressingly universal truth in education that children from poorer backgrounds tend on average to do less well than their richer counterparts. But what would happen if you took those poorer families and gave them money, real hard cash? If you make a poor family richer, will their children's chances of success rise accordingly?"

"Michelle Obama, after nearly five years of evangelizing exercise and good eating habits, will begin a new initiative on Tuesday that seeks to increase the number of low-income students who pursue a college degree. The goals of the program reflect the first lady's own life and will immerse her more directly in her husband's policies."