The network node: perceptions of the formulating and implementing agents on the flow correction policy of/in literacy study seeks to understand the perceptions that street-level and middle-level implementing agents have on the flow correction policies and, mainly, about the Carioquinha Program, implemented by the Municipal Education Secretary of Rio de Janeiro in 2019. As a theoretical reference, this work is based on the studies of street-level bureaucracy, inaugurated by Michael Lipsky (1980). In an interdisciplinary perspective, it approaches the Sociology of Education, looking at the effects of school failure and educational inequality. The investigation, using a qualitative approach, concentrates on the analysis of the relevant policy documents. Next, the databases of the School Census of the selected schools were examined. Finally, the perceptions of the teachers, coordinators and managers linked to the Carioquinha Program were collected from the analyzed schools using semi-structured interviews. These interviews were conducted virtually due to the social distancing imposed by the pandemic. The research confirms previous results by other studies of the influence of variables such as color, social origin and family participation on the teaching and learning process. Furthermore, in 2020, access to the technological apparatus and the technology emerged as limiting and challenging factors in the work with students registered in the Carioquinha Program. It also discusses the perception of the implementing agents about their expectations in the recovery and/or literacy of the students from the 3rd year of the Elementary Education in the Early Years enrolled in the Flow Correction Program, as well as its potential.