Districts find few takers for tutoring.

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.