The prize : who's in charge of America's schools? / Dale Russakoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russakoff, Dale, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-.

Zuckerberg, Mark.

Booker, Cory.

Christie, Chris.

Educational change--New Jersey--Newark.

Educational change.

Public schools--New Jersey--Newark.

Public schools.

Education--Political aspects--New Jersey--Newark.

Education.

Education and state--New Jersey.

Education and state.

Education--Political aspects.

New Jersey.

Booker, Cory..

Christie, Chris..

New Jersey--Newark.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 21 cm

regular print

Edition:

First Mariner books edition.

Other Title:

Who's in charge of America's schools?

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2016.

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. 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.

Contents:

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?

Conclusion: No excuses

Appendices: Where the $200 million went ; Newark schools by the numbers.

Notes:

"Mariner book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780544810907

0544810902

OCLC:

928479866