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"The Harmony Science Academy in Pflugerville was among 'Ten Miracle High Schools,' included on the list that were singled out for additional recognition because they succeeded in educating and graduating a majority of low-income students who performed at high levels."

"Some school officials and hunger advocacy groups have expressed concern that the increase will affect families just surpassing the federal poverty guidelines needed to qualify for free and reduced-price meals."

"A Sacramento veterans organization has won more than $291,000 in grant money to continue job training programs for local homeless veterans. Vietnam Veterans of California Inc. received awards of $131,545 and $159,708 from the U.S. Department of Labor..."

"The number of poor children had already grown by 2.1 million in 2009 over pre-recession levels, with continuing high joblessness among parents raising concerns that poverty will continue to worsen for some time."

"Before studying at Harvard, Salazar taught middle school English in an impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood as a member of Teach for America. She believes her early childhood experience in Head Start put her on the path to academic success..."

"Tanella Mahoney brought her month-old son, Kendall, to her graduation. Formerly homeless, she knows well what a difference it makes to have a diploma and a stable place to live. "If you are going to do something, don't give up in the middle," said Mahoney, 22..."

"'Coddling the irresponsible,' they say, 'only worsens the problems it was meant to solve,' a curious statement that seems to imply that poverty will cure itself. From this premise, all cuts to social programs are justified."

"As the new CPS leadership tries to drive that rate even higher, they'll be overhauling high schools, trying in part to address how to engage those students struggling with broken families, violence and poverty."

"According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey released in 2009, 4,857 people in the county were living below the poverty line, 7.4 percent being residents 60 and older."

"Replicating good charter schools and rejecting bad ones sounds eminently reasonable, but it's far easier said than done. For decades, educators have been trying to scale up high-achieving, high-poverty schools, but success often comes down to hard-to-duplicate factors..."

"For now, only the Racine Unified School District meets all four criteria to qualify for a voucher program, but more than 200 districts meet at least one of the criteria. The criteria include district poverty levels, district property values, the amount a district spends per pupil and the size of the community."

"Other investigations found that for-profit recruiters heavily target low-income and minority students, veterans and people whose parents have never gone to college. Enrollment at for-profits has increased fivefold in the past decade to nearly 2 million."