The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools?
- ISBN-10
- 0547840055
- ISBN-13
- 9780547840055
- Series
- The Prize
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-09-08
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Dale Russakoff
Description
As serialized in the New Yorker, a roiling, behind-the-scenes look at the high-pressure race to turn around Newark's failing schools, with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Governor Chris Christie, and Senator Cory Booker in eyebrow-raising leading roles
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