The Resource The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
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- Summary
- Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker were ready to reform our failing schools. They got an education. When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Schools -- and to solve the education crisis in every city in America -- it looked like a huge win for then-mayor Cory Booker and governor Chris Christie. But their plans soon ran into a constituency not so easily moved -- Newark's key education players, fiercely protective of their billion-dollar-per-annum system. It's a prize that, for generations, has enriched seemingly everyone, except Newark's students. Journalist Dale Russakoff delivers a story of high ideals and hubris, good intentions and greed, celebrity and street smarts -- as reformers face off against entrenched unions, skeptical parents, and bewildered students. The growth of charters forces the hand of Newark's superintendent Cami Anderson, who closes, consolidates, or redesigns more than a third of the city's schools -- a scenario on the horizon for many urban districts across America. Most moving are Russakoff's portraits from inside the district's schools, of home-grown principals and teachers, long stuck in a hopeless system -- and often the only real hope for the children of Newark
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Contents
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- Transformational change meets the political sausage factory
- Alif rising
- The leading men move on
- One Newark, whose Newark?
- Conclusion: No excuses
- Author's note
- Appendix I: Where the $200 million went
- Appendix II: Newark schools by the numbers
- The pact
- Seduction in Sun Valley
- The view from Avon Avenue
- Engaging the community
- The rise of the anti-Booker candidacy
- Searching for Newark's superman
- Hi, I'm Cami
- District school, charter school
- Isbn
- 9780547840055
- Label
- The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?
- Title
- The prize
- Title remainder
- who's in charge of America's schools?
- Statement of responsibility
- Dale Russakoff
- Subject
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- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- Christie, Chris
- EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform | General
- Education -- Political aspects
- Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey | Newark
- Education and state
- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Educational change
- Educational change -- New Jersey | Newark
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- New Jersey
- New Jersey -- Newark
- New Jersey -- Newark
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Public schools
- Public schools -- New Jersey | Newark
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- New Jersey
- Booker, Cory
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker were ready to reform our failing schools. They got an education. When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Schools -- and to solve the education crisis in every city in America -- it looked like a huge win for then-mayor Cory Booker and governor Chris Christie. But their plans soon ran into a constituency not so easily moved -- Newark's key education players, fiercely protective of their billion-dollar-per-annum system. It's a prize that, for generations, has enriched seemingly everyone, except Newark's students. Journalist Dale Russakoff delivers a story of high ideals and hubris, good intentions and greed, celebrity and street smarts -- as reformers face off against entrenched unions, skeptical parents, and bewildered students. The growth of charters forces the hand of Newark's superintendent Cami Anderson, who closes, consolidates, or redesigns more than a third of the city's schools -- a scenario on the horizon for many urban districts across America. Most moving are Russakoff's portraits from inside the district's schools, of home-grown principals and teachers, long stuck in a hopeless system -- and often the only real hope for the children of Newark
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Russakoff, Dale
- Dewey number
- 371.2/070974932
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LA333.N4
- LC item number
- R87 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Zuckerberg, Mark
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- Zuckerberg, Mark
- Educational change
- Public schools
- Education
- Education and state
- New Jersey
- New Jersey
- EDUCATION
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Education and state
- Education
- Educational change
- Public schools
- New Jersey
- New Jersey
- Label
- The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Transformational change meets the political sausage factory
- Alif rising
- The leading men move on
- One Newark, whose Newark?
- Conclusion: No excuses
- Author's note
- Appendix I: Where the $200 million went
- Appendix II: Newark schools by the numbers
- The pact
- Seduction in Sun Valley
- The view from Avon Avenue
- Engaging the community
- The rise of the anti-Booker candidacy
- Searching for Newark's superman
- Hi, I'm Cami
- District school, charter school
- Control code
- ocn915774457
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547840055
- Lccn
- 2015017454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780547840055
- (OCoLC)915774457
- Label
- The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Transformational change meets the political sausage factory
- Alif rising
- The leading men move on
- One Newark, whose Newark?
- Conclusion: No excuses
- Author's note
- Appendix I: Where the $200 million went
- Appendix II: Newark schools by the numbers
- The pact
- Seduction in Sun Valley
- The view from Avon Avenue
- Engaging the community
- The rise of the anti-Booker candidacy
- Searching for Newark's superman
- Hi, I'm Cami
- District school, charter school
- Control code
- ocn915774457
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547840055
- Lccn
- 2015017454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780547840055
- (OCoLC)915774457
Subject
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- Christie, Chris
- EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform | General
- Education -- Political aspects
- Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey | Newark
- Education and state
- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Educational change
- Educational change -- New Jersey | Newark
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- New Jersey
- New Jersey -- Newark
- New Jersey -- Newark
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Public schools
- Public schools -- New Jersey | Newark
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- New Jersey
- Booker, Cory
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