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Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

It makes no difference how low tuition is if the student has no source of funds to pay that tuition.

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

We can't afford not to fully fund education.

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.