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"A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country."

"A 2011 study conducted by the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger found that 15.2 percent (or 8.8 million) of seniors in the U.S. face the threat of hunger every day."

"Children from the lower economic strata of society may not be hampered by poverty as much as they are by lack of paren-tal, teaching and corporate support, as well as bad decisions made by some politicians, judges and legislators. I am appalled by decisions to uproot children from their home schools and send them by bus many miles away to non-failing' schools in more advantageous environments."

"Hauppauge residents' concerns about a homeless shelter that has added 10 children to a district school are prompting a Suffolk lawmaker to push for legislation to end the county's agreement with the shelter."

"But like many American elderly, Jones is now struggling without a paycheck. Her tiny pension and Social Security income can't save her from a crushing poverty that could soon have her living on the streets."

"Imagine a high school where students show up for class only four days a week. You'd probably say that campus is plagued with serious problems. But not if it's one of Chicago-based Cristo Rey's 26 private Catholic high schools, which are finding success nationwide with an innovative school-work model. Now the organization wants to bring its innovative strategy to Dallas, opening a school here that gives low-income students a real chance to make it to college and to attain a prosperous future."

"Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for low-income students, announced a $250,000 grant from the Biogen Idec Foundation to help fund Citizen Schools' innovative STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) apprenticeship programs in Massachusetts and North Carolina."

Grants from the Winnick Family Foundation will enable the visits of more than 3,600 low-income students to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The museum is announcing a total of $20,665 has been given by the foundation to 28 schools in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Grants from the California-based organization range from $150 to $1,101 per school."

"The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opened a new college scholarship for high-achieving, lower-income high school seniors who seek to attend the country's best four-year colleges and universities. In what is expected to be an extremely competitive scholarship, as many as 40 recipients will be awarded up to $30,000 each year for tuition, books, living expenses, and other required fees."

"The Philadelphia School Partnership has received a $5 million challenge grant from the Walton Family Foundation to help create and expand high-quality city schools. [��_] Education is one of the foundation's major areas of interest. It has given more than $1 billion to K-12 education efforts, especially those that expand options for low-income students."

"Clay County is one of the most beautiful parts of West Virginia, especially during the fall foliage season. Clay also is one of the poorest places in the nation."

"Parents of children enrolled in Head Start began looking for alternative child care on Tuesday, after the federal-government shutdown closed nine of the early-education centers in the Big Bend."