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"But instead of taking the standard deal to perform 12 hours of community service, Olive has joined the ranks of more than 30 other homeless people who are standing up to the city's anti-camping law by fighting their tickets in court."

"But agencies getting HUD grants generally don't charge for it. In fact, the agencies can't charge certain low-income borrowers, so it's unclear how those applicants will receive counseling unless the counseling agency eats the cost."

"Voucher advocates have long argued that if a student can use public money to attend any school, even a private one, schools will compete and improve. Some black leaders see vouchers as a way for poor students to escape failing urban schools."

"The Southern Poverty Law Center has threatened to file a federal complaint if Durham Public Schools doesn't curb discrimination that it alleges takes place against Latino students and their families."

"At the start of its budget process last fall, CMS opted to close 10 schools in low-income neighborhoods despite howls of protests. It never adequately explained the benefits, given the small savings involved."

"Sandra Warner, coordinator of early childhood education for West Chicago Elementary School District, told me that the district serves 80 at-risk students - mostly low-income, immigrant Latino kids - while the year before 342 students were enrolled."

Topic(s): Aging, Economic Opportunity, Health

"The state Department of Education's redefinition of homeless students' rights to public education and pending state legislation calling for a task force on the issue are significant developments in efforts to improve access to education for these children."

"A crime-and-violence-filled environment and poverty are certainly two powerful factors that would make an 8-year-old angry or traumatized enough to exhibit violence. In fact, a violent 8-year -old arguably signals a more serious problem, requiring a different approach..."

"Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, of the Bronx, said proposed cuts in programs such as low-income heating assistance and transit aid would especially impact New York."

"Not surprisingly, the affluent are the prime beneficiaries. Those who imagine that the program pulls young black boys, for example, out of impoverished, gang-infested inner-city schools are in dreamland."

Jack Jennings, Center on Education Policy and Deborah Kasak, The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform discuss new findings