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"Charter school advocates contend that the researchers' presumptions about racial separation are out of date. They said parents -- including low-income minority parents -- are turning to charters for a quality education that traditional schools have not provided."

"Fifteen years ago, Gov. Paul Patton set a goal: Fueled by gains in education and economic development, Kentucky's per capita income would reach the national average in 20 years. It was an ambitious target and one that economists said was unrealistic."

"The lawmakers' probe focuses on federal funding provided under the Ryan White Act, which pays for medical care and support services for about 500,000 low-income people each year."

"...Carver, Jordan, Spencer and Kendrick high schools have not made adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act... They are also Title I schools, meaning they have a large number of students from low-income families."

"So legislators crafting next year's higher education budget are considering changes - some of them significant and controversial - to the program."

"Faced with a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, Evanston aldermen considered closing the city's two branch libraries and slashing spending in other areas while promising to keep funding the city's dental clinic for children from low-income families."

"De facto segregation is alive and well in public schools in virtually every state, but is more common in charter schools - an educational option increasingly endorsed in state and national reform efforts, according to a national study released Thursday."

"Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) haven't given up on their bid to save the federally funded voucher program that allows low-income families in the District to send their children to private schools."

""We actually are very proud of the fact that charter schools enroll more low-income kids and more kids of color than do other public schools," said Nelson Smith, president and chief executive of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, based in Washington."

"Sweetwater leaders have secured $89,775 in funding from the Miami-Dade County Office of Grants Coordination to provide assistance to their elderly and low-income residents."

"Federal and state spending on Medicaid, the nation's primary health insurance program for low-income Americans, jumped nearly 10% in 2009, according to the report. Medicare spending, meanwhile, shot up just over 8%."

"Campbell and Chapman were matched through Capital Partners for Education, a nonprofit organization in Northwest Washington that provides students from low-income families with mentoring and academic and enrichment support."