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"Board member Rodney Jordan agreed that a child's zip code should not be the primary determinant of how many experienced teachers he or she encounters.' But Jordan said reducing concentrations of poverty in schools and improving education may be a better strategy than reassigning teachers within the division. He said research shows that high-poverty schools have more difficulty attracting experienced teachers."

"Poor schools are getting poorer in Guilford and most other counties in the state, overtaking concerns about racial imbalances in the public schools."

"So Brown is proposing to start with a base of $6,816 per student (equal shares to equals), adding extra money for students who are English learners, low-income or in foster care (unequal shares to unequals). And he repeated his Aristotelian maxim in Thursday's State of the State address: Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.'"

"It's a program of the Illinois Humanities Council in partnership with the University of Chicago's Civic Knowledge Project, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Bard College's (New York) Clemente Course in the Humanities. Since the late Earl Shorris founded the course in 1995, believing the humanities could provide a path out of poverty, the model has been used around the world."

"Advantaged students disproportionately use open enrollment, generally because they have the resources to overcome out-of-district transportation. Low-income families often don't have the means to accommodate transferring their children, resulting in a class divide and an increase in the achievement gap between schools."

"Nationally, research has shown ties between poverty and special education, according to an analysis titled Poverty and Special Ed' by LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Education. The analysis outlined a few factors the National Research Council found as to a growing number of poor children receiving special education services."

"Texas' high child poverty rate is beginning to make demands on the state's budget, and experts warn the state needs to spend more on education or the state's economy could slow."

"A city panel Monday will discuss ways to give low-income seniors a break on high-efficiency toilets, clothes washers and landscaping. The Community Sustainability Commission requested information on potential water-saving programs to ease the blow to seniors of recently approved water rate increases. The city is also phasing out water-rate subsidies available to residents age 60 and over."

"Schools rejoiced in November when Proposition 30 passed, putting a stop to massive budget cuts to public schools. But some districts, particularly in higher-income communities, are wondering whether they celebrated prematurely, now that Gov. Jerry Brown has unveiled a funding formula that would give the most money to schools serving the neediest children. Under the governor's plan, to be phased in through 2020, students who are English learners or who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches would bring districts 35 percent more in per-pupil funding than other students. Schools where low-income and non-English-speaking students represent more than half the population would get even more funding on top of the extra 35 percent."

"If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why are so many public-school students needlessly going hungry? Only 35 percent of New Jersey's 471,714 children eligible for a free or reduced-price meal received breakfast at school last year. That's among the lowest participation rates in the country. New Jersey ranks 46th in the number of low-income students who get breakfast at school. Pennsylvania is 36th. Nationally, only about 50 percent of students in the reduced or free lunch program eat a school breakfast."

"City-funded after-school programs face the threat of funding cuts annually, creating insecurity among the low-income families they serve. In a new report , Campaign for Children, an after-school and child-care advocacy group, called on the city to invest long-term in these programs, after financial support was almost eliminated from 2012's city budget."

"School choice offers low-income and working families, especially black families, a ray of hope. When families have access to high-quality public charter schools, vouchers and tax credits, it levels the playing field. These options give low-income and working-class families, families that are trapped in decaying urban districts, the same opportunity that middle-class and affluent families have. The opportunity to choose what is best for their children."