Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

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Taste of College Keeps Students In High School (The New York Times, February 8, 2010) » Group teams students and mentors for success (The Washington Post, February 4, 2010) » Jefferson Awards: Doctor's family provides shoes for homeless (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 2, 2010) » More Ideas In Action

The New York Times, February 8, 2010: Taste of College Keeps Students In High School » The Associated Press, February 8, 2010: Failed job seekers add to homeless problem in ND » The Associated Press, February 8, 2010: First lady tackling child obesity » More Issues in the News

Ending Poverty through Education, By Michelle Rhee, Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools » Exclusive commentary: current and former elected officials discuss TANF » Improving Access to Benefits, By Michelle Henry, Vice President for Asset Building, Seedco » More Exclusive Commentary

Annie E. Casey Foundation releases report on low-income working families » The Education Trust, with support from the Lumina Foundation, finds that flagship universities are failing the poor » More Foundation News

April 11-14: Conference and Lobby Day on Focus on Low-Income Housing (Washington, D.C.) » May 13-14: Northwest Area Foundation Conference to Examine Innovative Strategies to Reduce Poverty (Portland, OR) » More Events

Poverty and the State of the Union Speech: Keeping the Focus on the President’s Low-Income Agenda » Suburban Poverty on the Rise » More Out of the Spotlight