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"'Either their parents don't speak English a barrier for children of migrant workers who travel from one rural location to another or they come from a poverty-stricken area and there is a lack of education,' Kelley said."

"'Many kids get two meals a day at school. During the summer that's a huge gap. Families struggle to stretch their budgets. The kids who are at risk of malnutrition come to school disadvantaged. It makes it harder for them to concentrate and retain information they've learned,' said Anni Pat McKenney, project coordinator for Healthy Lincoln County."

"Fewer low-income children across the country received free or discounted meals during the 2011 summer break than a year earlier, despite steady increases nationwide in the number of children dependent on subsidized meals during the school year, according to a study released this month."

"Focusing on outcomes is a logical way to assess how students are doing. From standardized testing, we know that Minnesota has one of the largest achievement gaps for students of color in the nation."

"Don't look for me to help elect Mitt Romney president, but those who use the presidential election as a partisan guide to private learning options for low-income children are playing their own brand of education politics."

"The Pure Michigan FIT Program, mentioned in Snyder's State of the State address, will incorporate nutritional signage at grocery stores, efforts to improve access to healthy foods for low-income families and nutrition education for doctors and other health professionals."

"'I think the reasons minority students don't attend college are the same as the widening (academic) achievement gap,' she said. 'Poverty or culture can play a part. But they also don't have role models in schools, there aren't enough teachers or staff for them to look up to or see as role models.'"

"The agreement came after a $3.47 million federal five-year grant aimed at increasing the number of students in STEM fields, including Hispanic and low-income students. The schools received the award in October 2011, and have been practicing some form of the initiative since 2008, when they signed a memorandum of understanding that called for a closer working relationship."

"The number of Florida's children living in poverty swelled 35 percent from 2006 to 2010 -- an increase that especially hurt black and Hispanic youth -- a new report shows. Using the most recent statistics available, the report found that nearly one in every four Florida children, or about 924,000 collectively, now lives below the federal poverty line."

"Massachusetts school districts may soon be spared the expense of busing thousands of homeless students to class. But a plan for the state to take over the $11.3 million bill means state taxpayers -- rather than individual communities -- would pay the rising costs of the federally mandated program."

"For low-income Americans, it's akin to being stuck yelling out a window to communicate while everyone else is using the phone. Overall, 90 percent of Americans making between $50,000 and $74,999 are online, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center in April. For those making more than $75,000 annually, it's 97 percent."

"Last week, news spread of a unique partnership between Planned Parenthood and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Planned Parenthood now runs a "health clinic" on the grounds of Roosevelt High School, serving mostly teens from low-income, Latino families."