The prize, who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
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The prize, who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-237) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The prize
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
915774457
Responsibility statement
Dale Russakoff
Sub title
who's in charge of America's schools?
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
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- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- EDUCATION + Educational Policy & Reform + General
- New Jersey
- Public schools
- Christie, Chris
- New Jersey + Newark
- Education and state
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Public Policy + Cultural Policy
- Public schools -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Education + Political aspects
- Educational change -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Booker, Cory
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS + Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- SOCIAL SCIENCE + Sociology + General
- Education + Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Educational change
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- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- EDUCATION + Educational Policy & Reform + General
- New Jersey
- Public schools
- Christie, Chris
- New Jersey + Newark
- Education and state
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Public Policy + Cultural Policy
- Public schools -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Education + Political aspects
- Educational change -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Booker, Cory
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS + Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- SOCIAL SCIENCE + Sociology + General
- Education + Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Educational change
- Content1
- Author1
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