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"Not so long ago, some Texas public schools had a bad habit of channeling minority high school students into bricklaying and cosmetology rather than preparing them for college. Lingering memories of those days are fresh on the minds of the many Latino and African-American state leaders who are uneasy with current legislative efforts to loosen Texas' high school graduation standards so that students can pursue more career training."

"It's tempting to conclude that the advantages of wealth and income have simply intensified, so the odds are increasingly stacked against poorer students. No doubt that's true to some extent, but Bailey and Dynarski show that most of the change has been driven by trends among female students."

"The liberal critics of affirmative action believe that many of these approaches would be better than the current one. Racial discrimination obviously continues to exist. But the disadvantages of class, by most measures, are larger today."

"Lawmakers rejected a bill designed to close the educational achievement gap for at-risk students through an expansion of high-quality public preschool."

"Federal funding to help educate Missouri's low-income and special education students is expected to take a big hit during the next school year."

"Students, teachers and libraries within Lexington City Schools will receive books as an innovate approach to literacy through a federal grant. The district received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Innovative Approaches to Literacy program, which is a fundamental summer success initiative that focuses on reading loss during the time when schools are out of session for children living in poverty."

"School closings fall disproportionately on poor and minority neighborhoods. 'These school closings have been happening in communities that were already destabilized by the dismantling of public housing, by gentrification and effects of the economic crisis,' said Pauline Lipman, professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago."

"Under Amendment 11, approved by Florida voters last November, low-income seniors who have lived in their homes at least 25 years can seek the additional property-tax exemption."

"Fresno Unified leaders Thursday afternoon urged state lawmakers to consider poverty and extreme weather conditions when granting $2.5 billion in Proposition 39 funds to improve energy efficiency in schools."

"I think it is time we stop the line in education and create an environment that provides all kids with a foundation for success. The gaps in both opportunity to learn and achievement between middle-class white students and students of color or poverty have existed in this state far too long."

"On Tuesday the Senate voted down a bill sponsored by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, that sought to give parents of a defined group of at-risk children the opportunity to enroll them in a state-funded preschool program."

"It's tempting to conclude that the advantages of wealth and income have simply intensified, so the odds are increasingly stacked against poorer students. No doubt that's true to some extent, but Bailey and Dynarski show that most of the change has been driven by trends among female students. The gap between rich and poor in both college entry and college completion widened by almost twice as much for women as it did for men."