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"More than 218,000 of America's most vulnerable children may soon lose access to a vital program that significantly increases their chances for success in school... Head Start, one of America's best-researched and most effective social programs, is once again under attack."

"A basic educational challenge is not that teachers are raking it in, but that they are underpaid. If we want to compete with other countries, and chip away at poverty across America, then we need to pay teachers more so as to attract better people into the profession."

"I take them at their word and wish them Godspeed. But though I have no ax to grind against them, the FMAE's modest ($500 each for five needy students) scholarship does serve as a fascinating sign of our times."

"Schools like Sherwood, and teachers like Mr. Ramos, are on the front lines, struggling against family mobility, neighborhood violence and the ''pobrecito,'' or ''poor little thing,'' mentality of low academic expectations."

"We recruit top recent college graduates of all academic majors, all career interests to commit two years to teach in high-poverty communities and ultimately become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence."

"These are our poorest students, the ones who likely will be denied an opportunity to write their own ticket out of poverty if Pell Grants are reduced, as is being proposed in Congress."

"Unfortunately, in 2009, this oasis of a safe, nurturing educational environment provided for D.C. children by the Opportunity Program in this city of crime and poverty was terminated by Democrat politicians beholden to teacher union bosses."

Topic(s): Aging, Economic Opportunity, Education, Health

"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..."