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"A 2010 study by the Homeless Research Institute, an arm of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, projected that the number of elderly people who are homeless would increase by 33 percent, from 44,172 in 2010 to 58,772 by 2020, and would double to 95,000 by 2050."

"Called Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, the school preps students for tech jobs at IBM with starting salaries of about $40,000. The first of its kind in America, the grade 9-14 school employs a curriculum mapped backward from workplace needs at IBM to help low-income kids beat a dreary pile of statistics that show students from poor neighborhoods especially black males face long odds for finishing high school and getting into college."

"A new study has unexpected good news for New Orleans' education system: Several high-poverty neighborhoods are sending a relatively low number of children to kindergarten who are considered developmentally vulnerable,' according to data released this week by the Orleans Public Education Network."

"The United Way of Lake County recently released a study it says proves its local programs for low-income preschoolers ready them for kindergarten. The study, conducted by the United Way of Lake County -- which serves communities across the county through its Gurnee office -- found that of a sample size in one target area, 41 percent of preschool-age children there were ready to start kindergarten last year. Officials said those numbers represent a nearly seven-fold increase from 2006."

Topic(s): Education

"The UW System has made progress in narrowing the success gap between white students and minority students. But the gap has widened between low-income students and those not eligible for federal Pell grants, which provide needs-based grants to low-income undergraduates."

"As part of Wisconsin's new public-school accountability system, a new list from the state Department of Public Instruction intends to recognize schools with significant numbers of low-income students but also high state test scores, or a track record of improving scores in math and reading."

"The youngest residents of Newark will be getting an influx of the city's Facebook challenge grant money that's aimed at boosting early childhood development, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and community leaders announced today. The $250,000 matching grant comes as part of the overall push to transform public education in the state's largest city, kicked off by the $100 million challenge gifted by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg."

"As part of what he calls a very ambitious education agenda,' Gov. Peter Shumlin wants to boost child-care subsidies for lower-income families."

"Unsurprisingly, this dismal failure in educational achievement across the state correlates to last week's news that Medicaid funded 70 percent of births in New Mexico. By failing to provide our children with a quality education, our residents are stuck in a cycle of poverty, unable to break out."

"The measure would fund a two-year pilot program to measure the effect of preschool experience. Initially, the bill would earmark $7 million for each year to send about 1,000 low-income children to approved preschool programs."

"We are lucky enough to live in a country where we have the latitude to make choices in almost every arena of our lives. Yet when it comes to one of the most important aspects of a child's upbringing -- education -- parents are too often offered frustratingly few choices. Our broken public education system can leave low-income students and parents with no alternatives to find a quality education."