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"The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America... shelled out a whopping $95 million to defeat two dueling initiatives on a 2005 ballot aimed at establishing prescription drug discount programs for low-income Californians."

"Partnering with... the founding pastor of Foundation Christian Fellowship Church..., Humphries' independent ministry heads up nine outreach programs that supply aid to active and wounded soldiers, as well as local foster children, the homeless, inmates and the elderly."

"Title I schools are those where at least 40 percent of students come from low-income families. In order to get the funding, the Bibb County school board would have to vote to use one of four different improvement models: a turnaround model, a restart model..."

"The truth is that opponents know how bad it would look to vote against a program that has helped low-income, minority children get a better education."

"Fox said the donated goods and services from Olathe business partners have helped students from low-income backgrounds by filling basic needs federal Title I money doesn't cover and their families can't afford."

"An elementary school student in the Kenai Peninsula asked her teacher this question recently, just before a long weekend. For this girl and her younger brother, one of the most important things that school provided them was reliable breakfast and lunch."

"A 12-year-old state program to help children in low-income families get off to a healthy start and get ready for school has such scattered oversight that it could be prone to fraud, according to the state budget director."

"Students from low-income families who graduate from high school scoring in the top testing quartile are no more likely to attend college than the lowest-scoring students from wealthy families."

"Facing a $30 million budget deficit, the district is contemplating increasing class sizes by four. Others say charters are elitist and promote segregation. Charter schools aren't required to provide busing for low-income students, and most don't."

"In a Charlie Rose interview, Weingarten referred to teachers as 'powerless.' As a group? Hardly. 'Powerless' describes low-income students trapped in miserable schools."

""It's a time of critical change for older women," Wyn said. "Not only are they at risk of new and complex health conditions, but as they near the age of retirement, their insurance status may change too.""

"Diane Ravitch, perhaps America's most influential scholar on education, has reversed her stance on issues such as standardized testing, school choice and the No Child Left Behind Act."