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The Prize: Who’s In Charge of America’s Schools?

by Dale Russakoff

In September of 2010, billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg went on Oprah to announce a pledge of $100 million to transform the downtrodden schools of Newark, New Jersey. There by his side were the city’s Democratic mayor, Cory Booker, and the state’s Republican governor, Chris Christie. Together, they vowed to make Newark “a symbol of educational exc

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Publication date

2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9780544810907