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"In 2009, a two-parent family living at the poverty line would have to spend about half its income to afford placing a baby in a day care center, according to a report by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies."

"The Bibb County school system is now included as one of the parties in an amicus brief being filed in support of school systems in the state that want control over granting charter school petitions."

"Fitting in with classmates. Adjusting to a new school. Managing homework and after-school activities. As students adjust to the rigors of a new school year, an increasing number of their classmates face an extra challenge: homelessness."

"Their number-one recommendation to begin to remedy this is to 'provide a program of voluntary preschool education, universally available to children from low-income families such that all children at or below... the official poverty line have a chance to enter school..."

"About 335,000 low-income students have qualified for Cal Grants, but the state won't be sending out the money a total of $407 million until there's a budget deal. (Most Cal Grant recipients also receive other financial aid, including federal loans and grants, that isn't being held up.)"

"Studies show that low-income students lose knowledge over the summer, and some state educators are advocating year-round school to ease the problem."

"The recruits commit to teach for two years in low-income urban and rural public schools. The program was formed to match needy schools with elite teachers from schools such as Harvard, Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley."

"South Dakota received 15.2 percent of its education money from the federal government in 2007-08, for example, for programs including special education and Title I grants for students in poverty."

"At the same time, some of the biggest gains came on campuses in low-income areas, schools often considered failing by state and federal standards."

"His main goal is equal access to quality education. As part of that, he'd also like to address the district's clusters of high-poverty schools, dropout rates and distribution of resources between suburban and inner-city schools."

"But these days, the most telling criticism is coming from centrists and liberals, who believe that affirmative action... has become unfair to the poor, and frequently fails to reach those whom it was originally intended to help the most: African-Americans victimized by... Jim Crow segregation."

"In a single distressed neighborhood in each city, Mr. Obama explained, high-quality schools would be integrated into a network of early-childhood programs, parenting classes, health clinics and other social services, all focused on improving educational outcomes for poor children."