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"The alternative is if you can actually break up concentrated poverty and have kids more integrated and better mixed across settings, you can reduce the costs of getting to the same outcomes. But typically what you find in the political dynamic is that people are much more willing to pay the price of extreme segregation than to actually move forward on desegregation."

"Urban youths from troubled, broken families with poor nutrition and little if any parental support walk through school doors every day at a distinct disadvantage compared to most suburban students."

"John White, who is expected to be Louisiana's next state superintendent of education, said he decided to become an educator while working on his senior thesis in English at the University of Virginia."

"The center participates in the Better Beginnings ratings, a state-run program, and has a rating of one star out of a possible three. There are only two child-care centers with a Better Beginnings rating in Franklin County, according to the state's Child Care and Early Childhood Education Division."

"Westbury, whose mascot was once Johnny Reb, is now mostly black and Hispanic and 75 percent low-income. Many neighborhood families send children to Westside, Bellaire or Lamar rather than Westbury, which the state ranks "acceptable." Too many Westbury parents are uninvolved."

"Poole never considered himself homeless -- he always had a place to stay with friends or family -- but he fits what federal law considers a homeless student. Lake County has about 2,500 students in the school district who are also homeless."

"'I didn't even consider college; I just thought about working,' she said. 'It should have been education; I wish I'd thought like that.' Ms. Gonzalez worked low-wage restaurant jobs and dealt with her financial pressures by hanging out and drinking. Her mother began caring for Taliyah."

"The center was designed by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, LEAP Academy University Charter School founder and a Rutgers distinguished professor. Funded with grants, private donations, and appropriations from the Camden City School District, it serves low-income families from the city."

"But they worry that doing so may jeopardize their standing as advocates for the children who need them most, many of whom are black and Latino, from low-income families, and, in many cases, still learning English."

"Many agree, including Steve Ngo, a City College of San Francisco trustee who calls it a civil rights issue. 'If students are not even getting basic English and math, they'll be stuck in poverty,' Ngo said. 'These recommendations focus course offerings on student needs.'"

"An analysis of state data by The Bay Citizen revealed a large variation in how fifth graders in Bay Area elementary schools perform on the test. The schools that performed the best have few students from low-income families, for reasons that experts say are not surprising."

"A portion of a $28 million Promise Neighborhoods award won by the Northside Achievement Zone will go for preschool scholarships for poor families. And a $15 million Investing in Innovation grant was awarded to the University of Minnesota and its partner organizations to implement 33 Child-Parent Centers, a learning improvement strategy for low-income families developed in Chicago for pre-K through grade 3."