The prize who's in charge of America's schools?
"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 Americ...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The prize : |b who's in charge of America's schools? / |c Dale Russakoff. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-237) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- Transformational change meets the political sausage factory -- Alif rising -- The leading men move on -- One Newark, whose Newark? -- No excuses -- Appendix I. Where the $200 million went -- Appendix II. Newark schools by the numbers. | |
| 520 | |a "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. Expert 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. The Prize is a portrait of a titanic struggle over the future of education for the poorest kids, and a cautionary tale for those who care about the shape of America's schools. "--Provided by publisher. | ||
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