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"States can choose how to allocate the money, using their standard formulas or their formula for Title 1, a program aimed at low-income students"

"Board members split on whether the new plan will help or hurt low-performing schools that serve mostly black and impoverished students - or whether it will even make much difference."

"But what Mr. Duncan didn't say is that any state that refuses to adopt the standards would be eliminated from the second round of Race to the Top. And he made no mention of Mr. Obama's vow to make $14.5 billion in federal Title I aid to low-income, urban school districts contingent upon states adopting the Common Core frameworks"

"Some charter schools, most notably those in the national KIPP chain, have received rave reviews for success with low-income, minority kids"

"Where others might have seen only poverty, they saw possibility. 'We serve the poor,' said Father Podsiadlo, who has worked at the Lower East Side school since 1973. 'If they're not here, then we'll move to where they are.''"

"The main goal of counselors and staff is to make sure the campers have a safe and fun-filled time. But they also believe that by acting as positive role models, they can motivate campers to challenge themselves and set goals. Most of all, they hope to encourage kids to consider college"

"Even older Americas at the poverty level can get help from the federal Senior Community Service Employment Program. People who are over 50 and have been unemployed for more than six months are eligible"

"Such transformative gains have come even as schools served a more challenged population, with many students returning home after their Katrina evacuation traumatized, some having missed months of school. Today's schools serve a higher percentage of low-income students (82 percent) and a comparable minority population (92 percent) as they did before"

"We can close the achievement gap between middle class and low-income children within four years -- but we must ensure that every student has an exceptional teacher"

"They are the great equalizers, the nation's public universities, many of which offer a relatively inexpensive, high-quality college education for students of diverse backgrounds and financial means"

"Next to doubling the sales tax or raising the car tax, nothing would infuriate middle-class Georgians more than limiting HOPE to low-income households"

"CMS had a larger percentage of high-performing schools than any other district, and its black, Latino and low-income students have made significant gains on their N.C. peers."