The prize whos in charge of americas schools russakoff dale isbn 9780544810907 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. With the prize dale russakoff has brilliantly rendered the hopes complexities pitfalls and flaws of the efforts to reform american education this is not simply the compelling story of a single conflict ridden school system it is a metaphor for the failing institutions that have betrayed an entire generation of american children. The title of the prize refers to the one billion dollar budget that the newark schools have to spend and the race to get that money into private hands it all begins with the generous gift of mark zuckerberg who pledges one hundred million dollars to cory booker and chris christie to reform newarks public schools knowing nothing about education nothing about the problems facing the system other than the kids werent doing well they decide that the two things they need to do are to break th. The prize whos in charge of americas schools by dale russakoff when mark zuckerberg announced to a cheering oprah audience his 100 million pledge to transform the downtrodden schools of newark new jersey then mayor cory booker and governor chris christie were beside him vowing to help make newark a symbol of educational excellence for the whole nation