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008			150729s2015 mau b 001 0 eng
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050	1	4	_aLA 333 _bR958p 2015
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100	1		_aRussakoff, Dale _920416
245	1	4	_aThe prize : _bwho's in charge of America's schools? / _cDale Russakoff.
264		1	_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, _c2015.
300			_a246 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	4	_aZuckerberg, Mark, _d1984- _91615
600	1	4	_aBooker, Cory Anthony, _d1969- _920486
600	1	4	_aChristie, Chris _q(Christopher James), _d1962- _97167
650		0	_aEducational change _zNew Jersey _zNewark.
650		0	_aPublic schools _zNew Jersey _zNewark.
650		0	_aEducation _xPolitical aspects _zNew Jersey _zNewark.
650		0	_aEducation and state _zNew Jersey.
650		4	_aCambio educacional _91676
650		4	_aEducación _xAspectos políticos _9445
650		4	_aEscuelas públicas _91675
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