This issue of EPP Monitor contains the following articles: "Countdown for Justice," Five Quick and Inexpensive Ways to End Overcrowding," "Third Grade Retention -- Deja Vu All Over Again," High-Need African-American and Latino Students Doing Better in Suburban Districts," "An Emerging Consensus on Facts, not Policy," "The 'Crisis' in Special Education has Many Components," "The Mayor's Executive Budget Recommendations for the Public Schools," and "The First Six Months of Children First Initiative."