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The Indianapolis Star, January 16, 2011: Are vouchers the best choice for students?
"Gov. Mitch Daniels made a strong case Tuesday night when he urged lawmakers to pass a voucher law that would let low-income families use tax dollars to pay tuition at private schools."
The Daily News Journal, January 16, 2011: (Editorial) Schools must up learning standard
"Most of Rutherford County's schools could learn some lessons from John Colemon Elementary School in Smyrna, which posts impressive scores each year despite a large number of low-income students and children from homes where English is the second language."
The Boston Globe, January 16, 2011: Tea Party-backed school board dismantles integration effort
"The sprawling Wake County School District has long been a rarity. Some of its best, most diverse schools are in the poorest sections of this capital city."
The San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2011: Applications surge at UC campuses
"UC's report also provides a wealth of information about who is applying to its nine undergraduate campuses, including campus-by-campus data, transfers, first-generation and low-income applicants, those from low-performing high schools, and ethnicity of applicants."
January 15-19, 2011: CBS News/New York Times Poll---Nationwide poll solicits the public's views on cutting military spending, Social Security, or Medicare to reduce the budget deficit.
Topic(s): Aging, Health
January 14-16, 2011: USA Today/Gallup Poll---Nationwide poll solicits the public's views on cutting federal programming to reduce the budget deficit.
Topic(s): Aging, Education, Health
Daily Record, January 14, 2011: NJ Supreme Court appoints 'special master' to examine school aid cuts
"The Supreme Court order comes a week after justices heard oral arguments in the case and two days after Gov. Chris Christie's State of the State speech, in which he alluded to the court's controversial decisions to order massive state aid to low-income school districts."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2011: City program to help with college-aid applications
"The problems of poverty are directly tied to the vicious cycle of poor education, poor-paying jobs, and living in a poor community."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2011: N.J. must prove sufficient school funding
"Faced with an $11 billion budget shortfall, the Christie administration cut education-formula aid by an amount roughly equal to 5 percent of each district's total budget. Low-income districts kept most of their aid, while some affluent districts lost all of theirs."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 2011: Foundation rescues emergency fund for Phila. seniors
"A $120,000 foundation grant to help 1,000 Philadelphia low-income seniors pay their heating bills and buy food and medicine this winter was announced..."
The Huffington Post, January 13, 2011: Elderly Poverty Jumps According To Census Bureau's Alternative Research Measurement
"Less than ten percent of the nation's 38 million elderly people are living in poverty, according to the official statistics. But once medical care and other costs of living are factored in, the number of people 65 and older living in poverty jumps to 16.1 percent, according to a new Census Bureau analysis."
The New York Times, January 13, 2011: Charter School Cries Foul Over a Decision to Close It
"'Our focus is on finding quality space in District 1 for nearly 200 low-income public school girls that as of June 30, 2011, will have no place to go to school.'"