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When Make Zuckerberg announced before a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Institutions - and to solve the training crisis in every city in America - it appeared as if a huge gain for then-mayor Cory Booker and governor Chris Christie. But their strategies soon ran into a constituency not easily transferred - Newark's key education players, fiercely protecting of these billion-dollar-per-annum system. From the award that, for decades, has enriched apparently everyone, except Newark's students. Expert journalist Dale Russakoff offers a story of high ideals and hubris, good intentions and greed, superstar and street smarts - as reformers face off against entrenched unions, skeptical parents, and bewildered students.
