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"The nation has witnessed only isolated successes. Most of the poor-performing schools continue to struggle against the brisk current of poverty."

"The township is seeking applicants for its new low-income housing units for senior citizens.Located in the Gatherings of East Greenwich, an active-adult community on Friendship Road, are 10 duplexes, making a total of 20 units for senior citizens on a tight budget."

"The plan is based on a sliding income scale, with families of four making more than $60,000 qualifying for some level of scholarship if they switch from public to private schools. Advocates say the[y]... are ready to help low- and middle-income families take advantage of them."

"Among Washington area public schools, Roxbury Latin would have ranked 11th, wedged between two Montgomery County schools, Churchill and Wootton, that also have few low-income students."

"Countless research points out that there is a greater propensity for certain things to happen when a student fails to earn a high school diploma: a life of menial jobs and poverty, a lifestyle more prone to alcohol or substance abuse and greater chances of incarceration..."

"The principal is walking the hallways again today. But they are empty and absurdly quiet for a school, and her sensible shoes make no sound on the tile.The lights are off in the library. Classrooms are dark, too, chairs upturned on the desks and whiteboards wiped clean, like any school in the summer."

"CSU, meanwhile, enrolled 869 low-income students in the fall of 2010 and a record 740 racially and ethnically diverse students. CSU should increase the number of minority students to the 800s this fall, said Jim Rawlins, CSU's executive director for admissions."

"Subsidized apartments are available for low-income seniors, with rents as low as about $300 a month. There are also 19 relatively new Senior Suites buildings in Chicago, where the top monthly rent is about $780. Another Senior Suites building is in Joliet."

"The number of students defaulting on lunch costs has grown, despite free breakfasts served to any Columbus student who wants one and more than 7 in 10 students qualifying for a free lunch because they come from low-income households."

"A coalition of consumer and health care provider groups say that many of the across-the-board federal spending cut proposals before Congress would harm the elderly, children and low-income families."

"Project Restoring Hope is a United Relief Foundation initiative supplying the essential, ongoing needs that aid homeless veterans're-integration into society and providing the long-term, positive life-changing opportunities for veterans that comes from homeownership."

"As University of Idaho agricultural economist Stephen C. Cooke demonstrated last month, the average Idahoan is earning about $11,000 below the national amount. Caught in a cycle, Idaho creates low-wage jobs to serve its ill-trained workers."