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"Discussions about the value of targeting at-risk students in preschool and preparing them for kindergarten traditionally have been held in inner-city communities, not the suburbs."

"This was the second forum dealing with plans to close three high-poverty, low-performing middle schools and move most of the students to new preK-8 schools to be created in eight current elementary schools."

"Administration officials say it addresses their concern that students from for-profit schools often end up with unmanageable debt and weak job prospects. Industry leaders respond that their schools offer older and low-income students an opportunity to get ahead in life."

"To be included in that definition, according to the law, an institution must advance a charitable purpose - the relief of poverty, advancement of education or religion, or prevention and treatment of illness and injury. It must also operate 'entirely free from private profit motive.'"

"When the school year begins in August, the school will become the 25th in the national Cristo Rey network, which includes a seven-year-old school in Cleveland. All Cristo Rey schools target low-income kids and all require work-study. They also have longer than-usual-school days..."

"The program's primary focus, according to the executive summary, is 'to ensure that students in high-poverty and/or highminority schools ... have equitable access to highly effective teachers and principals ... and are not served by ineffective teachers and principals..."

"Asked to explain the divergent findings, Jodi Grant, executive director of After School Alliance, talked about the 'incredible poverty' in Chicago. She pointed to 'two big barriers': a shortage of programs and the cost of those that are available."

"The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and MDC announced Wednesday that Raleigh and Charlotte could receive funding to get more low-income young people into post-secondary education that will help them get good jobs."

"...32 receive Title I funding because they serve large low-income populations. Receiving that money means the schools face federal sanctions for their performance that can include allowing students to transfer to higher-achieving schools within the district or replacing the principal..."

"'Natalie would be thoroughly pleased. The school would be very dear to her heart,' Blass said... Heineman served many organizations, including the Child Welfare League of America, and worked in many of the city's low-income neighborhoods."

"'It makes me feel like a million dollars!' is how senior companion Flora D. Bell describes it.The program looks for volunteers 55 years and older who love being around seniors. They visit low-income senior clients who may be homebound, lonely or have medical issues."

"Dickie Stevens, president of a catfish processing company in the Delta, knows there are already several groups attempting to bolster the poverty-stricken region, but he believes there's room for one more."