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"Any school in Illinois where at least 40 percent of students are needy will be able to serve free meals to all children, regardless of family income, starting this fall as part of a pilot program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

"Reduced to its simplest terms, the rationale behind the attack on teachers is this: Children born to single, semi-literate, poverty-stricken 16- or 17-year-olds can, with the right teachers, reach the same level of academic skill as children born to parents such as Ben's and Emma's."

"Eli, 24, wants to build a solid, stable environment for her son to grow up in, and the Fox Cities fits the bill. Theirs is a story of homelessness and how they received help through Appleton's homeless education program."

"'Every one of our schools has students who are homeless,' said Kendra Vandertie, who coordinates the homeless education program for the Appleton Area School District.... [T]he impact on the school system has been largely out of the public eye."

"North Springs High School, which originally opened in 1963, is one of the state's 35 conversion charter schools. It was reinvented by parents in 2007, when the community decided it was time for a change to better serve its growing population of international and low-income students."

"'I hope that we can impact the achievement levels of kids all over Kentucky and create a belief system that kids from poverty and are in the so-called turnaround schools can learn and that they have great promise,' he said."

"Supported primarily by the U.S. Venture Open Fund for Basic Needs within the Community Foundation and the J. J. Keller Foundation, the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund assists established charitable organizations with successful programs that address causes of poverty."

"'If you show a girl that they can do anything they want to be able to do, you can transform their lives and break that generational cycle of poverty,' said Janice Urbanik, the director of industry partnerships for the Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network."

"There are not major problems with the education system in New Jersey as portrayed by conservative media (the Asbury Park Press, New Jersey 101.5 FM radio), the governor and Republicans. The real problem is poverty, or more correctly, high concentrations of poverty."

"Ferguson was designated a Breakthrough High School in 2004 -- one of just 12 recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for outstanding achievement among schools with high poverty rates."

"At Public School 309 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, students wear necklaces with colorful pendants, each marking a month in which they did not miss a day of school. At P.S. 75 in the South Bronx, a row of young adults welcomes students each morning as they walk in the door."

"For example, Republicans agreed to reverse cuts to child care services for low-income working Iowa families and to ensure that vulnerable Iowans get the care they need in their homes and avoid costly institutional care."