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Tutoring Promise Proving Hard to Keep

Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:37:30 AM
By BEN FELLER

Carlos Ovando, 14, left, and his sister Genesis, 12, do their homework in their Hialeah, Fla., home Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006.  Of more than 2.2 million children eligible for tutoring, only 19 percent of them received it in 2004-05, according to auditors at the congressional Government Accountability Office but the number of students in tutoring almost quadrupled from 2003 to 2005.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)WASHINGTON (AP) - Sandra Senda wanted a free private tutor for her kids, just like the No Child Left Behind law promised. She had no idea the deal came with a big headache.

She could not get an answer about when the program would start. By the time it did, half the school year was gone. Her son was accepted but her daughter was not, without explanation.

Exasperated, Senda went to her school board with a message: "It's not fair. Our tax dollars are going to this stuff. I want help for my daughter. I expect to get it."


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