Do-gooder lets students down; mom takes up cause

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Kenneth Webb was in sixth grade, a philanthropist said he would pay for the college education of every student in Webb's class who graduated from a Washington public high school.

It was a grand gesture, and an effective one. The promise inspired Webb and a number of his classmates to do well in school and dream of a higher education.

Alas, it was a promise that would not be kept -- at least, not by the man who made it.

In the end, the philanthropist came up only with excuses -- leaving Webb's own mother to find a way to provide the scholarships.

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