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"'I'm glad that MCPS is investing in this data,' he says. But he wants to see more of it, especially comparing the college success of its minority and low-income students and of those from other places."

"The Irving school district in many ways reflects the growth in suburban poverty across the nation.Visit Good Elementary School in south Irving, where 93 percent of the children qualify for free or reduced-price meals."

"The Shuttle-Bug operated between G and M streets SW... providing service to thousands of residents in that area. One of them, Barbara Tillman, said the shuttle had become 'the heartbeat' of the community for many low-income and elderly residents."

"As Newark schools prepare to enforce a stricter dress code this fall, some parents want to know why the school picked a little-known company to supply clothes for low-income students."

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"Washington-based EBRI continues to be at the forefront of sounding the alarm that we ought to be more aggressive in preventing people from falling into poverty in their senior years."

"Passing rates for black, Hispanic and low-income students largely went up this past school year but still continued to lag those of white students. For instance, 53.6 percent of low-income students passed the end-of-grade reading exam, up from 49.8 percent the prior year."

"But I also study poverty. And that means one pays attention to race as well. Latinos (23.2 percent) and African- Americans (24.6 percent) are about three times as likely as whites (8.6 percent) to live in poverty."

"Heidrick & Struggles is looking for a replacement for Del Burns, who resigned as superintendent after a new majority on the nine-member panel started to move away from a policy of balancing the percentage of students from low-income families from school to school."

"At last count, 289 homeless students attend Rock Hill schools. Unemployment has left many struggling in neighboring Chester County, where the school district serves 23 homeless students. 'There are probably scores of others we have not identified...'"

"Payments would never exceed 15 percent of any income above about $16,000 a year (150 percent of the poverty level). Those who earn less than $16,000 don't have to make any monthly payments."

"Low-income households often face additional challenges in exposing their children to books and reading. Project PLACE focuses on literacy training for the child and his/her parents. Home visitor/teachers devote a part of every home visit to literacy training."