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Deals with the controversy and debate that emanated from the decision of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to address the city school's practice of routinely promoting third-graders with poor or no reading skills. Remarks from the mayor regarding his decision to fire two members of the Panel of Education Policy who opposed him on the issue; Views of education historian Diane Ravitch and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the debate over social promotion; Argument set by the supporters of the mayor regarding the dismissal.

Assesses the response of poor-performing schools in the U.S. to the requirement of offering tutoring to their students as of October 2003. Schools which had signed up for free, one-on-one tutoring in New Orleans; Efforts of the New York City's education department to inform parents on how to get free tutoring for students in failing schools; Actions taken by the Los Angeles Unified Schools District to provide education assistance to its students.