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"But instead of treating street culture as something that has no place in a classroom, it is being used as a vehicle to deliver instruction. That is the idea behind Fresh Prep, a program run by the Urban Arts Partnership that is trying to help hard-to-reach students pass the history Regents tests, which they must do to graduate."

"Alabama has received a federal grant of nearly $529,000 to help low-income students have greater access to Advanced Placement courses in high school."

"But under NCLB, the target passing rates for standardized tests increase each year in an effort to meet the federal law's goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading and math by 2013. Each subgroup of students based on race or disability status or poverty must also meet the same benchmark."

"New Orleans public schools are improving test scores more rapidly than the state as a whole among three critical groups: African-American students, low-income students and special education students."

"Northland, A Church Distributed, hosted a conference of churches and social-service agencies Wednesday to assist homeless schoolchildren in Seminole County."

"More than 4,000 students from low-income families will head back to school with new clothes, shoes and school supplies thanks to the Service League of Green Bay's annual Back-to-School Store and other efforts, but advocates said many more still need help."

"Fairlead Academy opened in 2008 to offer handpicked freshmen and sophomores a school with smaller classes in a bid to stem the dropout rate. The academy is housed in an old elementary school in Great Mills; last year, 120 students were enrolled."

"They are part of the First Book program that gives free books to low-income students through agencies and organizations whose representatives came from as far away as Wisconsin and Ohio."

"Smith lived at the Delaney Homes federal housing complex on Convery Boulevard for many years. The complex provide housing for low-income families for several decades before operation and repair costs made the complex obsolete and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development decided it could be demolished."

"All six of Iowa City's secondary schools carry SINA designations, however, because they do not receive federal Title 1 funding for low-income students, so they are not subject to sanctions, Ehly said."

"Rather than pursue work in their chosen fields immediately after graduation, they were signing up to become teachers through Teach for America, a national nonprofit organization that places recent graduates into low-income communities for two-year terms as teachers."

"State Sen. Edward Maloney, chair of the Senate higher education committee, questioned CSU leaders on why their failing students received funds that could have gone to other low-income students in the state during the 2008-2009 school year. He also questioned if these students received federal Pell grants, money they could pocket for education expenses if it exceeds their financial aid."