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"That's because the foundation looks at two factors when deciding which schools need a boost --first, which schools have the most low-income students, minority students and students learning English as a second language."

"Several hundred men, women and children will sleep again under bridges, in vacant houses or in crowded shelters when the state s eight winter shelters close this spring, homeless advocates said Friday."

"Offering ongoing, job-embedded professional development that addresses instruction for reaching all students, positive ethnic and racial relations, and the impact of poverty and social class on academic achievement."

"Students affected by home foreclosures, poverty and single parenthood are more likely to fall victim to repeated absenteeism. Low-income children are four times more likely to be chronically absent than their higher-income peers, according to Chang's research."

"Education officials announced... that a soon-to-close Kansas City charter high school misspent more than $256,000 in federal money. The Missouri Department of Elementary... said the issue is Title I money that is allocated for serving students from low-income families."

"When about 90 percent of a student population is on the federal free or reduced lunch program, there are some realities that principals and teachers face. For parents of those students, what takes priority: Teaching kids the multiplication tables, or getting food on their plates?"

"The General Assembly made a commitment a few years ago to improve the low wages of paraprofessionals by bringing their salaries to the federal poverty level for a family of four. Today, a Step I instructional paraprofessional earns only $17,670 per year. "

"The report, Developing 20/20 Vision on the 2020 Degree Attainment Goal, makes a very powerful case that income inequality is at the center of our failure to keep pace with other countries on college completion."

"And as with the current school improvement process, districts with greater proportions of low-income and transient families figure to struggle more in keeping up with the rising standards."

"The federally funded program Project Connect, with support from the nonprofit Faces Without Places, helps meet homeless students' basic needs, such as transportation, school supplies and uniforms. Project Connect contracts with Women Writing for a Change..."

"Some Regents voiced concerns about the changes, saying they opposed having the same assessment counted twice or don't think using state tests takes family background, poverty and other factors into account."

"'I have no new idea for it, but I'd rather see keeping guidance counselors' and squeezing savings by putting some administrators on shorter contracts. Krassner pointed to a 60 Minutes clip about homeless students that Janssen showed at the start of the workshop."