Bibliograph

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

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eng

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The prize

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sound recording audiobook CD

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Dale Russakoff

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[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. 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

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adult

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Who's in charge of America's schools?

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