The Prize : Who's in Charge of America's Schools? (Hardcover)

from willszal

This book is written like a piece of fiction; the amount of detail related to interpersonal interaction is stunning. I had heard of Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to the Newark School System before I had read this book. But this is only half of the money given; it was a matching grant, given...

from molloaggie

I found the book both tedious and fascinating. The school district is failing and a crack team of well funded leaders are brought in to save it. The problem is that the know they can't save it because of rules written in state and even federal law that make many changes to the district make up im...

from kikowatzy

This is a fascinating and in-depth book that digs deep into what happened in Newark when ambitious school reformers armed with Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million donation went up against entrenched unions and (ironically) the local community. Here are some thoughts that ran across my mind while readi...

from kikowatzy

This is a fascinating and in-depth book that digs deep into what happened in Newark when ambitious school reformers armed with Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million donation went up against entrenched unions and (ironically) the local community. Here are some thoughts that ran across my mind while readi...