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"D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has tempered his recent criticismof the IMPACT teacher evaluation system, which he said in January was unfair to educators in high-poverty schools..."

"I'm glad to see there is strong bipartisan support for our state's preschool program for low-income children, the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program."

"The 18 Alliance schools focus on academics, typically relegating arts and athletics to informal after-school activities. The majority of its students are low-income Latinos."

"Some of the recommendations included having student feedback as a part of how teachers are evaluated, that the Florida Legislature develop a new source of funding or reallocate resources from an existing source to support qualifying low-income students..."

"The cost of Medical Assistance for senior citizens and low-income and disabled people would rise in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget, but the AdultBasic health care insurance program would get nothing and remain dead."

"Iowa's free public preschool program would be repealed and replaced with a sliding-scale payment system under a hotly debated bill approved Tuesday night by the Iowa House.Republicans said it's the fiscally responsible action to require more affluent families to pay."

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"To that end, Cullerton has vowed the extra money would not be used to expand programs, but to provide tax relief elsewhere, such as lowering the income tax rate or providing additional tax credits for low-income workers."

"The program also served 233 homeless youths through its Street Academy, which helped 35 young people earn their GEDs last year. Located at the Preble Street Teen Center, the academy lost one position to budget cuts this year."

"Meantime, however, he gave the state Board of Education a report to counter what he called 'myths' about charters' alleged failure to include special needs students and relative lack of children in the deepest poverty. "

"'The bad news is I think it creates a gap, and that's in our precollege pipeline, which we do need to address.' Students from low-income families are targeted for the most aid under the covenant, which sets aside $25 million annually to prepare students while they're still in middle school."

"Colleen Versteeg, executive director of Santa Ana-based Orange County Head Start, said her office has been monitoring the situation but has been told to continue operating all sites as usual. Head Start is a free preschool program for families below or near the federal poverty line."