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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Russakoff, Dale, author.     Subjects     Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-     Booker, Cory.     Christie, Chris.     Educational change -- New Jersey -- Newark.     Public schools -- New Jersey -- Newark.     Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark.     Education and state -- New Jersey.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Russakoff, Dale, author.       by title:      The prize : who's in...         MARC Display

The prize : who's in charge of America's schools? / Dale Russakoff. by Russakoff, Dale, author. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Subjects Zuckerberg, Mark, 1984-   Booker, Cory.   Christie, Chris.   Educational change -- New Jersey -- Newark.   Public schools -- New Jersey -- Newark.   Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark.   Education and state -- New Jersey. ISBN:  9780547840055 (hardback) : 0547840055 (hardback) Description:  246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 371.20709 Ru Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 371.20709 Russakoff Checked In Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library Adult Nonfiction 371.20709 Ru missing from shelf Add Copy to MyList

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