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Nine blocks. we've had a front row seat on the way these nine blocks have become the very center of an education controversy. the issue at stake, which student will be assigned to which school. a new york-style microcosm of an enormous and emotional issue facing families across the country. in our family here in new york city, one of the schools is ps 199. it's a k-to-5 public elementary school where they rate higher than the citywide average in readinged an math. students at ps-199 don't just do better than the city average, they trounce it. 87% of third through fifth graders score. and 74% s...

The most part who has more money. whose parents can pay for tutors and coaching. this test is like a competition as opposed to really figuring out who has the knowledge and who should be accepted to which school. >> inner city black school, no extra tutoring. it was an s.a.t. prep class. that's it. it was part of the school curriculum. >> but what i'm saying is kids will on top of that get more coaching. >> they have federalized the college fund program. now it is all run through the federal government. they want as many kids going to college ready they are ready for it or not. it doesn't matt...

Says, everyone is in lock step and they believe the same thing. they can't stand the fact that there are people who don't agree with them. >> you can't go and fight the government for free birth control and all of the things they are trying to do now and then bring someone as strong and independent and self-worthy as conde rice to speak in front of the students. you have been four years in a school telling you you are never going to make a it and you can't do it unless you have the government do it for you and then you bring conde up and you see conde say i can do it and i can do it with my pa...

All you do on those study groups are bang girls from other schools. it is like, where do you go? forget this test? >> that is the test maker's fault. that's completely on them. >> they make the room so romantic. what do you think? >> i went to a school that had s.a.t. prep. it is the easiest -- it is like taking gym. all you have to do is show up. usually something sticks in your head. i don't understand why you can't just show up to the class, learn how to take the test and take the damn test. what is the problem? the problem is the teachers ain't teaching the kids so the kids can't pass the ...

Everywhere. >> the dads don't care. they are kicking the boys out of school for dressing up. >> not when it comes to body type and body image. that is a very female thing. i think older women make it an issue for these kids. >> let's be honest, ladies, older women hate younger women. get your [bleep] together. coming up, what do you call a hilarious black comade yen who you and -- comedian who you and all of your friends want to sleep with? she talks about it in her new book. look out 50 shades.