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"The report looked at an alarming new analysis of a longitudinal study that tracked 13,000 children in kindergarten in 1998-99. By third grade, only 36% of children were on track in the cognitive knowledge and skills area. Fewer children in low-income families, only 19%, were on track by third grade, and just 14% of African-American children, and 19% of Hispanic children scored at or above the national average on math, reading and science."

"The 2013 Illinois School Report Card released last week for the first time includes a breakdown of the number of students classified as homeless at each public school in the state. Those numbers, for the 2012-13 school year, show that more than 600 schools -- about 15 percent of Illinois schools -- report homeless student populations of at least double the state average of 2 percent."

"U.C.L.A. began identifying foster students five years ago when it introduced its Guardian Scholars program, and the results are promising. There are now 250 current and former foster students at the university. [��_] The Pritzker Foundation recently gave $3 million to U.C.L.A.�s program. Casey Family Scholars provides scholarships and support services directly to students, an average of $3,500 a year to about 220 undergraduates."

"Between 2007 and 2012 the rate of childhood poverty rose in Vermont from 12.4 percent to 15 percent. The number of Vermonters on the state's welfare program, called Reach Up, rose by 20 percent. In some school districts as many as half the students qualify for reduced-price lunches, which means they are from low-income families."

"The United States is one of few advanced nations where schools serving better-off children usually have more educational resources than those serving poor students, according to research by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Among the 34 O.E.C.D. nations, only in the United States, Israel and Turkey do disadvantaged schools have lower teacher/student ratios than in those serving more privileged students."

"The legacy of the scar of slavery in South Carolina remains in the form of I-95 and what is now recognized as the Corridor of Shame' a collection of public schools bordering that interstate highway and serving in some of the highest poverty areas of S.C."

"Less than one in five third-graders from low-income families score at or above the national average in math, reading and science assessments, and only about half maintain a healthy weight and are in excellent' or 'very good' health."

"South Carolina has 295,000, or 55 percent, of its children ages 8 or younger in poverty, but is ahead of many states when it comes to low-income children enrolled in preschool. Those are two findings from a Kids Count policy report being released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation."

"More of the region's rural and suburban schools are performing below the state average while dealing with higher than ever numbers of low-income students and those with limited English skills."

"The number of homeless students has raised to record 1.1 million, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education."

"Four years ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. Today, Salt Lake City and the nation are getting closer to reaching that goal."

"Earlier this year the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reported that more than 15,000 public school students in the commonwealth are homeless. They are living in shelters with their families, doubling up with other relatives, awaiting foster care, or are unaccompanied on the streets."