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Autor/in | Russakoff, Dale |
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Titel | The prize. Who's in charge of America's schools? |
Quelle | Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2015), 246 S. |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9780547840055; 9780547840512 (E-Book) |
Schlagwörter | New Jersey; USA; Zuckerberg, Mark; Booker, Cory; Christie, Chris; Educational change; Newark; Public schools; Education; Political aspects; Education and state; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; Bildungsgeschichte Bildungsreform; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bildung; Erziehung; Politics; Politik; Education; State; Staat; Policy; Reform; Sociology; Soziologie; Business economics; Decision making; Decision-making; Problem solving; Betriebswirtschaft; Entscheidungsfindung; Problemlösen; Public policy; Cultural policy; Öffentliche Ordnung; Kulturpolitik |
Abstract | "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. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2015/3/09 |