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"Obama also called on Congress to extend a tuition tax credit he pushed when he first took office to safeguard financial aid for low-income students, such as the Pell Grant program, and to double the number of work-study jobs available over the next five years."

"The conclusions support prior research which showed evidence that children -- particularly low-income children -- who attend early education programs that prepare them are less likely to depend on taxpayer-funded services."

"Nothing is more important to this country's future than ensuring a good education for coming generations. The issue also plays directly into Mr. Obama's own need to re-energize younger voters, who turned out in overwhelming numbers for him in 2008 but seem far less enthusiastic these days."

"He noted that Pell grants, which help low-income students with higher education costs, are at the same maximum level of $5,550 as they were in 2010-11 and are to rise by $85 in 2013-14. Pell funding was cut $8 billion last year and nearly $2 billion this year, and now faces a funding shortfall, he said. "

"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."