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"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."

"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."