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. 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. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 246 pages
- 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?
- No excuses
- Appendix I. Where the $200 million went
- Appendix II. Newark schools by the numbers
- 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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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
- Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey | Newark
- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Education, Elementary
- Education, Elementary -- United States
- Educational change -- New Jersey | Newark
- trueEducational reform
- trueNewark, New Jersey
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
- Public schools -- New Jersey | Newark
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- United States
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- 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. 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. "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Russakoff, Dale
- Dewey number
- 371.2/070974932
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Educational change
- Public schools
- Education
- Education and state
- Zuckerberg, Mark
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
- EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
- Label
- The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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? -- No excuses -- Appendix I. Where the $200 million went -- Appendix II. Newark schools by the numbers
- Control code
- ocn915774457
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547840055
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015017454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915774457
- Label
- The prize : who's in charge of America's schools?, Dale Russakoff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references 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
- 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
- Control code
- ocn915774457
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780547840055
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015017454
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)915774457
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
- Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey | Newark
- Education and state -- New Jersey
- Education, Elementary
- Education, Elementary -- United States
- Educational change -- New Jersey | Newark
- trueEducational reform
- trueNewark, New Jersey
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
- Public schools -- New Jersey | Newark
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- United States
- Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-
- Booker, Cory
- Christie, Chris
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2015
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2015
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