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"The problem is that getting first generation college students into higher education is difficult. Keeping them there through graduation or completion of their technical studies also is a challenge. Many come from low-income families."

"At LAUSD, the nation's second largest school system that grapples with a raft of low-achieving inner-city schools, conversions are a cause for dismay some of the district's star schools mostly located in a swath of affluent suburbs are breaking away."

"This de-facto segregation - and widening achievement gaps between white and minority students - has some advocates calling education the civil rights issue of the generation."

"Every school in the district has students who are homeless --the district total is more than 150 youth, about 6 percent of the district's 2,600 students."

"Another issue is summer loss, when low-income children with few opportunities for summer learning fall behind. 'When children are with us, we can make a difference with them,' said Cynthia Sellinger, Vance Elementary School principal. 'But we need them with us.'""

"His proposal adds $1.7 billion to revenues by eliminating tax breaks for seniors and low-income workers and getting rid of many other income tax deductions... Personal deductions would be phased out for individuals making at least $75,000 or couples making at least $150,000."

"Senate Bill 1 would give low-income and working families the chance to send their kids to a higher-performing public, public charter or private school. It's an opportunity these students desperately need and deserve."

"Anyone who has studied poverty knows that it is a complex issue with a plethora of causes and effects at play. Unfortunately, the impact of poverty is often most pronounced in the lives of our nation's youth."

"...[I]ncome limits are necessary for transit agencies to combat shrinking revenues while still providing free service to the neediest. Of the 435,000 seniors currently enrolled in the free-rides program, about 44 percent are estimated to be low-income..."

Interview with AARP Foundation President, Jo Ann Jenkins

"Though a formal plan isn't due to reach the board until at least next month, national education experts are watching Douglas closely, because vouchers have previously been used to help low-income families escape failing schools."

"The governor's plan would set aside up to $3,000 per student in state money for vouchers that would follow 4-year-old children to the public or private preschools of their family's choice... Families would pay fees on a sliding scale based on federal poverty guidelines..."