The last paragraph of the article answers your question: "If you want to do something useful for low-income people, give them money. If you want to do something

The last paragraph of the article answers your question: "If you want to do something useful for low-income people, give them money. If you want to do something useful for the education of low-income people, give some money to an institution that educates kids from low-income families. That could be a community college or a public charter school or an afterschool program or neighborhood school or whatever you like."