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"We know poverty is a large factor in academic success. And poverty could be lessened by leaps and bounds --and time spent with a child on academics could increase --if two adults were working together with only one home's expenses and two adults' time and resources."

"Children from low-income areas arrive at kindergarten as much as two years behind their more privileged peers. In our most challenged schools, 100 percent of students are from economically disadvantaged families. Those children need schooling as 4-year-olds to get even at the starting line by 5."

"On Monday, hundreds of educators in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' new Project LIFT Zone will start learning their place in the public-private partnership aimed at transforming nine high-poverty schools. Some will be offered retention bonuses that could top $10,000 if they'll stay for 2012-2013.Some will be told they must transfer to other schools."

"Bay County ranked 25th of more than 60 Michigan counties in the report, with 5.7 percent of its youths living in impoverished communities. Genesee County ranked fourth with 23.9 percent; and Isabella County ranked eighth with 20.3 percent of its children living in high-poverty neighborhoods. Data for Midland County reflected no children living in impoverished areas."

"Under a new school funding formula adopted in 2008 under Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, districts received more money if they had low-income or disabled students, or students with limited English speaking abilities, for example."

"The leader of the Delaware Black Caucus said if the state's Race to the Top education reform plan doesn't result in greater racial equality in schools and a fairer distribution of education dollars, the group may consider taking legal action."

"Indianapolis Public School 46 is a success story, a lauded example of how a school whose students come from poverty can excel with help from a community partner. Just last week, Kroger announced that the grocery chain would again commit $100,000 in cash and volunteers this year to the school it adopted 27 years ago."

"Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Chancellor Kaya Henderson are discussing a plan to restore the District's power to create public charter schools as part of an effort to raise the quality of education in low-income communities."

"Plans for a low-income senior housing development in downtown Orinda are picking up steam more than a decade after their inception. City leaders on Tuesday approved a complex financial agreement with Eden Housing, Inc., a nonprofit hoping to develop 67 units of affordable living space at the site of the old Orinda Library."

"A coalition of senior service agencies is quickly moving to replace part of the money they will lose next year under the Heart of Missouri United Way's new funding model."

"Now De Leon (D-Los Angeles) is teaming up with Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) to lessen that prospect of poverty in the declining years. He's proposing legislation that would allow the likes of his aunt to enroll in a modest state-operated retirement program financed by the beneficiaries with virtually no cost to employers or taxpayers."

"During an hourlong discussion, more than 30 people criticized the rule as financially crippling -- fines and court costs could surpass $800 -- and criminalizing to students who, though tardy, were trying to attend school. Many of those fined came from low-income families that could ill afford such costs."