>> stewart: when we visited phillis wheatley last year, sean brown was the school's principal. >> once we hit that last hour of the day, it's strictly reading. >> stewart: from fourth graders working on reading comprehension questions... >> we could eliminate underground... >> stewart: ...to first graders just learning the basics... >> they get darker and darker... >> stewart: students, taught by teachers from the school... >> hare... >> hare... >> stewart: read, read and read some more. >> we want to hone in on the reading skills and then just push the students academically as much as possible. >> stewart: a high-poverty school where all students get free breakfast and lunch, phillis wheatley elementary is in a neighborhood with a high crime rate and is the type of school administrators think could particularly benefit from the extra reading time. do you think your students need this extra hour? >> yes, i do. >> stewart: why is that? is it... is it because they're so far behind? is it just not enough time during the day to teach these kids? >> there's several reasons. i know that with