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"Today, the utility sends out trucks to turn off service, a face-to-face contact that can prevent power from being switched off at homes of those who require electricity for life-saving medical devices. About 25 percent of low-income households use electrically powered medical devices, the study found."

"Low-income school districts are most likely to place students in special-education programs for mild and sometimes questionable disabilities, a practice that has swelled the state s special-education population to one of the highest rates in the nation, according to a first-of-a-kind study commissioned by the state."

"Parent Dawn Hawkins says that has led to real turmoil at Hill, where virtually all students live below the poverty line and stable leadership is crucial. 'Changing principal to principal to principal - you can't get anything established like that,' said Hawkins, whose son, Khyrie Brown, is a sixth grader at Hill. 'We deserve a stable school so we can get to real learning, not starting over every few months.'"

"While nearly everyone is in favor of the broad goal of college affordability, some experts wonder whether it is worth risking cutbacks in the Pell program for low-income students, a possible result of using more federal money to keep interest rates low on the Stafford loans, which are in wide use by middle-income students."

"About 105,000 low-income children receive subsidized childcare and another 37,000 high-needs youngsters are enrolled in public preschool. Lawmakers appeared supportive. 'Ohio will be moving away from funding baby-sitting,' noted Education Committee Chairwoman Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering."

"Upset with the situation, some students and parents are planning a protest Friday at Bughouse Square, officially known as Washington Square Park, diagonally across the street from Ogden. The park, crisscrossed with walkways and dotted with benches where homeless people linger, is the closest thing to green space of the sort that stretches invitingly around most suburban schools."

"'The problem I have is that the argument of loss of service is not based on fact,' Campos said. 'We have identified specific funding that is meant for low-income youth, for gas emissions, and other factors that can be used for this.'"

"Louisiana teachers will face tougher standards for keeping tenure, more charter schools will sprout around the state, and some low-income students will get private school tuition vouchers from state taxpayers under a sweeping package Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Wednesday with considerable fanfare."

"The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would vastly expand the use of competitive bidding to buy medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries after a one-year experiment saved money for taxpayers and patients without harming the quality of care."

"The presentation was given by Toni Baggiano of the Simple Project. She said in northeastern Louisiana on any given night, about 51.4 percent of homeless persons are families with children under 18, compared to about one-third nationally. Baggiano said homelessness has a tremendous impact on a child's sense of safety and well being, health and ability to learn."

"The report found also that schools attended by low-income and middle/high-income students in the Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area exceeded test score expectations to an extent greater than in any of the 100 largest metropolitan areas"

"Segura was like a lot of kids who come from low-income families, facing various obstacles to education and employment, said program director Natalie Chavez.Working with 30 selected students from West Mesa, the Quantum Opportunities Program in Albuquerque is one of only 10 such programs nationwide. Designated a model program, it received funding from the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, with additional funding from the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice."