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"'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."

"'I've found over 500 schools in low-income neighborhoods where scores are above the national average,' he said. The lecture was a tutorial on the need to bridge cultural gaps between teachers and their students..."

"The 'summer slide,' as it's known in educational circles, disproportionately affects low-income kids, whose parents often don't have the means to send them to summer camps or the time to organize other stimulating activities."

"It would take 108 classes to make Pre-K available to all students, and cost about $8.1 million in the first year for the additional 64 classes. 'It's leveling the playing field for children of poverty,' Federal Programs Director Phyllis Bartlett said while discussing Pre-K in another context."