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"Founded in Houston in 1994 by two young alumni of Teach for America, KIPP has grown into a national network of 82 schools -- including seven in the District -- that serve children from low-income backgrounds."

"But schools in affluent suburban neighborhoods quickly overflowed into encampments of mobile classrooms. Meanwhile, families fled schools in low-income areas, leaving many schools with rising poverty levels and plunging test scores."

"Boston College will launch an innovative training program for school principals in January to improve urban education and prepare more low-income students for college, with a $20 million donation from Fidelity vice chairman Peter Lynch and his wife, Carolyn."

"Their jobless rate may be lower than average, but when an older worker loses a job, it can be devastating. These workers, typically 55 or older, aren't ready to retire. But their years of work experience don't make regrouping to find the next job any easier."

"At a time when more than a third of minority students drop out of California public high schools, 100 percent of the first graduating class of Cristo Rey High School Sacramento, a... school for children of low-income, mostly minority families, has been accepted to college."

"Although Empowerment schools, the district's lowest-performers, outgained the rest of the district, only 41 percent of students in those schools scored proficient or better in reading, and 46 percent in math. Students with disabilities...and low-income students also posted gains..."

"The diocese formed an exploratory committee several years ago, and the group decided to open a tuition-free private school for boys in Congress Heights to provide low-income families an alternative to underperforming schools."

"The transfer influx has brought diversity to Charlottesville as many top public universities are becoming increasingly wealthy and white. Last year's transfer students were three times as likely as freshmen to come from low-income homes."

"The 100 recent college grads who arrived in Miami this month are among the most accomplished young people in the country. And next year, they'll be teachers in Miami-Dade's low-income schools."

"Low-income seniors in Nebraska can stock up on farmers' market food with help from a federal grant. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture says more than $253,000 is available under the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program."

"Vermont teachers want more say in education policy, and they see firsthand that poverty can slow student achievement. However, most public-school teachers in the state say their schools are great places to learn, and few have plans to leave the profession."

"Born into poverty outside Kingston, Jamaica, Williams grew up with no water or electricity, scrounging food from the street and avoiding gangs. He was 12 when his mother sent him to Florida with only the clothes on his back."