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'The Children in Room E4' Focus on Learning

The Children in Room E4 is a new book chronicling the ups and downs of an urban school district with a history of low performance, and the occasional bright spot. Author Susan Eaton tells Debbie Elliott that sustained gains at schools in high-poverty neighborhoods are the exception, not the norm.

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