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September 13-17, 2012: Reason Foundation/Arthur N. Rupe Foundation---Nationwide poll on whether poverty can be addressed.
Topic(s): Health, Aging
The Idaho Statesman, April 16, 2012: Idaho students Gear Up for college
"For the past six years, Mavey was part of a federal program called Gear Up, which spent $18 million in federal money on 5,200 students in 19 Idaho school districts where the low-income population exceeds 50 percent. Idaho colleges and foundations contributed several million dollars. Two of the districts, Emmett and Homedale, are in Southwest Idaho."
CT Post, March 23, 2012: Delivering on the promise of our public schools
"News that black students are suspended from public schools at much higher rates than whites shouldn't seem like "news" at all considering some other recent headlines."
The Associated Press, November 13, 2011: Pa. looks for solutions for 'disconnected youth'
"Another teenager shows up on the doorstep of Peggy Harris' homeless shelter in East Liberty. Like a lot of the people who come to Three Rivers Youth, he ran away from home."
August 28- 31, 2011: Resurgent Republic Survey---Nationwide poll on cutting social programs to reduce the budget deficit.
Topic(s): Health, Aging
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 27, 2011: Pottstown program aims for peak performance in kindergarten
"Today, PEAK has an annual budget of more than $1 million from grants alone, and additional money from the state for Pre-K Counts, the state's prekindergarten program for low-income families."
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Marin Independent Journal, May 3, 2011: (Op-Ed) Teachers deserve our thanks for all they do
"I am talking about individual human beings who teach our children each and every day... The fact is that 25 percent of our children live in poverty and somehow there are those who believe that not supporting teachers will address real-life issues."
The Associated Press, March 31, 2011: Md. school system employee charged with theft
"A school employee in Maryland who had oversight of her district's federal funds for low-income students is accused of using the money to buy computers, video game consoles and other electronics for herself and family members, federal prosecutors said Thursday."
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