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"A representative at Episcopal Commons, a low-income housing agency for Perry County seniors and disabled people, cited Duncannon as well when, in fact, the nearest ID center is 271/2 miles away in Cumberland County, a 45-minute drive away."

"One local woman, however, is working to change that. Lynette Ramirez, the founder of Ready 4 Reading, established a book club more than two years ago to get books into the hands of children living in poverty after she learned that illiteracy was growing at a rate of 2.5 million people a year."

"For the first time, the state called attention not only to schools that failed to make the grade but also to those that soared. Twenty-seven schools that receive federal poverty money are hailed as model schools' whose highly effective techniques will be studied and shared."

"By next July, 3,000 low-income or minority students in southeastern Wisconsin will choose a career path, talk to professionals in that industry and map a high school and post-secondary education strategy under a new initiative from the Greater Milwaukee Committee's Talent Dividend."

"Low-income seniors often end up in costly nursing homes, even though they don't need the skilled nursing services. The guiding philosophy behind supportive housing is to provide a cost-effective setting for seniors who need help with daily routines and can't afford private-pay assisted living, but don't require nursing care. Illinois is a leader in affordable assisted living, experts say. Other states are experimenting with assisted living for low-income seniors, but Illinois has purpose-built facilities that have assisted services and accept Medicaid."

"Poverty and low-performing schools go hand-in-hand in South Carolina, but some schools in the Midlands are defying those annual expectations, including five Richland 1 schools that earned high marks for raising student achievement."

"A recent KIDS COUNT Data Book for 2012 reported that about one in six Utah children now live in poverty. And Salt Lake City's homeless shelter, the Road Home, is bursting at the seams due to a recent influx of homeless families in need of temporary housing. In response, two similar but unrelated campaigns are under way to help low-income children gear up for the coming school year."

"[T]he bonds are rapidly capturing the imagination of some public officials in the United States: on Wednesday, Massachusetts announced that it was completing negotiations with two nonprofit groups to finance juvenile justice and homelessness programs, with the promise of repayment only if the programs work."

"Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' graduation rate rose to 75 percent in 2012, while the state's rate hit 80 percent for the first time ever, according to a state report released Thursday morning. The CMS increase, from 73.5 percent in 2011, means 319 more students earned on-time diplomas this year, with the biggest gains among the African American, Hispanic and low-income students who have traditionally been less likely to graduate."

"Americans recognize that nearly one-in-four children lives in poverty, the same fraction are hungry or at risk of hunger, over one million of our nation's students are homeless, and 1.3 million students drop out of school annually. And while American voters recognize the need to make budget cuts to reduce the federal deficit, they want policymakers to make real choices that reflect their values."

"All the digital materials found on PowerMyLearning have been carefully selected by CFY, a national nonprofit that works with more than 100 high-poverty schools to provide free computers to the homes of all of the sixth-graders in those schools. CFY has great expertise in selecting quality educational resources because of its partnerships with schools and media developers."

"In addition to its TechMobile, Community Connection has established 30 public computing centers where low-income individuals and families can have access to the Internet,' Krebs said. The centers offer classes to all ages in basic computer and Internet skills, word processing, photo editing and more. The classes are offered in English, Spanish and some indigenous Oaxacan languages."