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"The department wants them to report how many graduates fill shortage positions, like teaching math in high-poverty schools; how satisfied school principals are with their preparation; and how much the graduates help students learn once they get to the classroom, based on their students' test scores. "

"The truth, she said, is that kids of poverty face huge problems at home and at school. And, unfortunately, their schools tend to not have the resources to level the playing field for them."

"While the Lake Oswego and Sherwood school districts saw increases in their percentages of homeless students, Tigard-Tualatin and West Linn-Wilsonville saw slight declines, according to data released this week by the Oregon Department of Education."

"Opponents argue that in the broader context of the immigration-enforcement law, the school provision will serve as a barrier for many families and end up denying innocent children their constitutional right to a public education."

"Thousands of low-income students in underperforming schools statewide will soon receive letters saying they are eligible to transfer to different schools and receive private tutoring paid for by their school districts."

"In return for a substantial hike in funds to help schools serve low-income students, states must measure how all their schools are doing, based on the state's education standards."

"If the health care law is repealed and the eligibility age raised, hundreds of thousands of seniors could end up uninsured, said Paul Van de Water, a fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan organization in Washington, D.C., that analyzes how policies impact low-income Americans."

"The goal was to make sure no schools served students drawn mostly from lower-income families. Absent costly extra resources, high-poverty schools apply a further drag on academic success among children who typically deal with more than their share of challenges already."

"The state's EdChoice program -- an extension of a Cleveland voucher system -- now lets students from low-income families in academically poor districts apply for a voucher that covers tuition at a private school."

"The district's Central Elementary, which serves some of the city's poorest students, made AYP for the first time. 'We are pretty proud of that,' Allentown acting Superintendent Russ Mayo said."

"Almost everyone has felt the effects of the Great Recession but, without question, it has hit those on the lower end of the economic spectrum the hardest. In Florida, one in six people is living in poverty, the highest that measure has been in more than a decade, the Miami Herald reported earlier this month."

"Whittier Elementary... is a Title 1 school, meaning it has high a percentage of students from low-income families. In Whittier's student population, 79 percent are from low-income households, 55 percent are students of color, and 25 percent speak another language in addition to English at home."