The Prize (34 page)

Anderson, Crystal,
62

Anderson, Parker,
116

Anderson, Sheila,
116–17

Anderson, Tariq,
145–46
,
149

Annenberg Challenge (1993),
7

Arnold Foundation, Laura and John,
153
,
157

Ashby, Harold,
19

Austin, Shareef,
62
,
63

Avera, Alison,
126–27
,
182

Avon Avenue School: compliance and,
48–50
; poverty at,
42–44
; Room 112 at,
36–54
,
145–49
.
See also
BRICK
program; Fils Aime, Princess; Haygood, Charity; Lee, Dominique

Balz, Dan,
160

Baraka, Amiri (playwright),
14–15
,
80
,
90

Baraka, Amiri, Jr.,
90
,
96

Baraka, Ras (mayor of Newark),
209
,
237
; goals of reform and,
93–94
,
191–92
; as politician,
93–96
,
191–92
,
206–8
; as principal,
80–82
,
83–84
,
91–93

Bard High School Early College,
105–6

Barnes, Chaleeta,
182–85

Barth, Richard,
150

Baskerville-Robinson, Antoinette,
17

Belcher, Joanna (principal),
130
,
131
,
137–44

Bell, Charles,
122

Betebenner, Damian,
155

Beyah, Alif,
50–53
,
165–74
,
213–15

BHAG
(Big Hairy Audacious Goal),
124

Bodnick, Marc,
22–23

Booker, Carolyn,
10

Booker, Cory (mayor of Newark): agenda of,
20–21
,
27–29
,
63–64
; alliance with Christie and,
1–6
,
20–21
,
30–31
; Anderson and,
195–96
; appeal to investors,
23
,
24–25
,
34
,
Brick City
show and,
84
,
85
,
88–89
; Cerf and,
67–68
; as challenger to Christie,
31
,
160–61
,
163
; charter schools and,
13–14
,
24
,
70
,
130–32
; community engagement plan and,
61–63
; departure of,
195–96
; gang violence initiative,
132
,
157
; local perceptions of,
61–63
,
74–77
,
87–88
; matching funds and,
157–60
; mayoral elections and,
5
,
13–14
,
30
,
107
; media and,
11
,
31–35
,
102–3
; national image of,
84–90
,
160
; Newark's fiscal crisis and,
84–85
; One Newark and,
212
; operating style of,
101–3
; political supporters and,
11–12
; reform plan proposal,
20–21
,
SPARK
Academy and,
130–32
; speeches of,
12
,
86
,
88
,
89
,
95
,
102
,
109
; superintendent search and,
99
; teachers' contract and,
157
,
163
; Zuckerberg gift and,
22–35

bottom-up approach: Booker's private actions and,
64–72
; Booker's promises for,
55–64
.
See also
Baraka, Ras;
BRICK
program; community engagement; Lee, Dominique

Branch, George,
11

Breslin, Tracy,
126–27

Brick City
(show),
84
,
85
,
88–89

BRICK
(Building Responsible, Intelligent, Creative Kids) program: challenges at,
133–35
; funding for,
224–25
; opening day at,
128
; plan for,
44–48
,
45–48
; student support at,
51–53
,
145–49
.
See also
Avon Avenue School; Haygood, Charity; Lee, Dominique

“Bridgegate” scandal,
205

Brizard, Jean-Claude,
98
,
99–100
,
107

Broad, Eli and Edythe,
153

Broad Center,
68–69

Buffett, Warren,
25

business practices in school management,
69
,
125
,
151
.
See also
accountability

busing,
103
,
119
,
133
,
139
,
143

Cammarieri, Richard,
106
,
177
,
178

Campbell, Eugene,
122

Carlson, Kathleen,
166–74

Carnegie, Andrew,
7–10

Carter, Seleta,
180–81

Carver Elementary School,
128
,
131–32
.
See also
SPARK
Academy

Center for Supportive Schools,
225

Center on Reinventing Public Education,
58

Central High School,
78–83
,
91–92

Cerf, Christopher: Anderson and,
120
,
122
,
124
; background of,
66–69
; charter schools and,
69
,
104
,
118
; community backlash and,
72
,
75–77
,
103–7
; consultants and,
69–72
; as education commissioner,
66
,
68–72
,
98
,
206
; Klein and,
67
,
68–70
,
71
,
98
,
151
,
206
,
matching funds and,
158–59
; One Newark plan and,
197
,
206
,
210
; superintendent search and,
98–100
; teachers' contract and,
151–52

Chambers, Ray,
33

Chan, Priscilla,
25–27
,
30
,
212–13

charter schools: Anderson's concerns about,
117–22
; Baraka and,
93
; Booker's support for,
13–14
,
24
,
70
,
130–32
; budgets in,
137–38
,
236
; Cerf and,
69
,
104
,
118
; enrollment trends in,
118
,
227
; failures of,
138
; fate of public schools and,
197–98
,
201
,
202–3
; free lunches and,
139
,
235
; One Newark plan and,
197–98
,
199
,
200
; as presence in education,
215
; private funding of,
13–14
,
65
,
118
,
158
; reform program spending on,
224
; Renew schools plan and,
176–78
; student body makeup and,
138–39
; test scores in,
138
,
139
,
234
.
See also
Newark Charter School Fund

Chen, Karen,
144

Children First (Newark school board slate),
94–96

Christie, Chris (governor of New Jersey),
3
,
14
; Adubato and,
93–94
,
98–99
; alliance with Booker and,
1–6
,
20–21
,
29–31
,
32
; Anderson and,
195–96
; Baraka and,
208
; budget for Newark schools and,
135–36
; campaign for governor,
14
; Cerf and,
66
,
68
; control of Newark schools and,
3
,
98–100
; gubernatorial challenge by Booker and,
31
,
160–61
,
163
; One Newark plan and,
204–5
; Republican fundraisers and,
160
; teachers' contract and,
151–54
,
160–61
,
163–64

Clinton, William J. (U.S. president),
7
,
67

College Summit program,
225

Collins, Jim,
124

Common Core State Standards,
136
,
187

community engagement: Booker plan and,
33–34
,
56–64
,
70
; bottom-up approach and,
49
; FNF plan and,
157
; One Newark plan and,
201–2
; people of Newark and,
209–10
; success of education reform and,
211–12
.
See also
bottom-up approach; local backlash

consultants: funding of,
64–65
,
100
; in Newark reform plan,
64
,
71–72
,
104–5
,
126–27
; salaries of,
65
,
71
,
126–27
,
192
,
224
,
233
.
See also
Mattes, Bari

corruption,
19–20

Corzine, Jon (governor of New Jersey),
5
,
68

Crump, Mildred,
88–89
,
94

cume card (cumulative record),
51
,
53

Cuomo Cole, Maria,
85–86

Curry, Ravenel Boykin, IV,
12–13

Curvin, Robert,
108–9
,
181

Danis, Ross,
20

Danzig, Louis,
15–16

Dayton Street School,
182–85

DeGeneres, Ellen,
89

Del Grosso, Joseph (“Joe”),
152
,
154
,
156
,
161
,
163–64
,
192
,
194

Democrats for Education Reform,
13
,
59

Dewey, Sarah,
140–41

Diploma Plus initiative,
105–6

“disaffected and at-risk youth” program,
157

Doerr, John,
33
,
68
,
97
,
158

Donner, Rebecca,
108
,
116

Douglass, Frederick,
108

Druckenmiller, Stanley,
160

Duncan, Arne,
9
,
55
,
56

Dunn, Anita,
58

early childhood programs,
157
,
224

EdisonLearning,
67

Education Nation
(NBC TV show),
55
,
58

education philanthropy.
See
philanthropy in education

education reform movement: beneficiaries of reform and,
6–7
; Booker's plan and,
5–6
; EdisonLearning and,
67
; history of,
7–10
; mayoral election and,
207
; Newark community consultants and,
58–59
; role of poverty and,
61–62
; strategies of,
57–58
; visibility of Newark in,
150
; voter backlash and,
56–58
.
See also
charter schools; consultants; philanthropy in education

Education Reform Now (PAC),
59
,
63

Edward, Jacqueline,
202

Einhorn, David,
33

Emanuel, Rahm,
99–100

excess teachers,
121–22
,
124
,
137
,
155
,
158
,
190
,
192
.
See also
seniority protections

Facebook,
28
,
32
.
See also
Moskovitz, Dustin; Sandberg, Sheryl; Zuckerberg, Mark

failing schools.
See
public schools in Newark; school closings; weak teachers

Fils Aime, Ronald,
215

Fils Aime (née Williams), Princess: background of,
39–41
; at
BRICK
Avon,
134
,
135
,
141
; classroom practices of,
37–39
; connection with students,
39–42
; critique of reform by,
215–18
; student support and,
134
,
135
,
141
,
145–49

FNF.
See
Foundation for Newark's Future (FNF)

Foundation for Newark's Future (FNF): Anderson's role and,
119–20
; community advisory board and,
233
; community grant spending and,
63
,
224–25
; creation of,
65–66

free lunch program,
139
,
235

Fuller, Howard,
9–10
,
210–11

Future Project,
225

gang violence,
3–4
,
60
; Booker initiative and,
132
,
157
; high school students and,
79–80
,
82
,
83–84
.
See also
South Ward of Newark

Ganz, David,
92–93

Gates, Bill,
8
,
25
,
33
,
68

Gates Foundation,
14
,
31
,
33
,
55

Gibson, Kenneth (mayor of Newark),
19
,
20
,
81
,
112
,
217

Global Education Advisers,
64
,
66
,
127
,
233
.
See also
Cerf, Christopher

Gohl, Dan,
105

Goldberg, Dave,
97