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"Studies have shown repeatedly that poor and minority kids have the most to gain from charters and other forms of school choice."

"The Senate legislation calls for Harrisburg's share of the money to be distributed according to the state's Basic Education Funding formula, its main subsidy to school districts. That formula is weighted to give extra money to districts with more students from low-income families and English Language Learners and to districts with a high tax burden."

"A strong majority of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board Tuesday signaled their support for neighborhood schools, saying that keeping kids close to home is more important than balancing school poverty."

"Robert 'Ratso' Rizzo's pension could hit $700,000 a year, while residents of low-income Bell pay the second-highest property tax rate in L.A. County to foot the excesses of city leaders."

"Although adults often jump at the chance to catch up on their reading during vacations, many children and teenagers, particularly those from low-income families, read few, if any, books during the summer break from school."

"The grant by Venture Philanthropy Partners, a nonprofit organization using the principles of venture-capital investment to help children from low-income families in the Washington region, will fund Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) schools."

"The colleges cater to low-income and minority students often working online with little supervision, yet they charge on average twice as much as public universities charge in-state students."

"Billie Park said her family bought the restaurant in 1982 and used to deliver meals for the Safe Harbor homeless program in Twin Falls. But that program ended in December."

"She raises the question that I have asked myself...: Why do high schools in a city like Portland --with less poverty, fewer social problems and racial tensions and a middle class committed to public schools --perform so poorly?"

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"That makes Obama's push to rid classrooms of bad teachers critically important. It's all the more so for poor students, whose parents lack the knowledge and connections to demand the best for their kids."

"The scholarships, expanded in size and availability through the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, are designed to increase the number of degree holders in the state and help eliminate financial barriers for low-income students."