The Prize (35 page)

Gordon, Salimah,
188

Grace, Jeremiah,
59–60

Grad Tracker program,
122–23
,
214

Groisser, Suzanne,
140

Hannah, Davis,
193

Hargrove, Patricia,
128

Harris, Marc,
168–70

Harris, Milagros,
78–83

Haygood, Charity (principal): Alif and,
166
,
170
,
172–74
,
BRICK
program and,
45–48
,
64
,
133
,
134
,
145

HELP USA
,
85

Henderson, Kaya,
57
,
211

Hendricks, Keyeatta,
88–89

high school graduation rate,
4
,
110
,
122
,
204

Hill, Paul,
58

Holder, Wilhelmina,
104
,
190

Holleran, Jen,
65
,
68
,
98
,
101
,
120
,
127
,
212

hope gap,
92

Howard, William,
87
,
180

Hughes, Richard (New Jersey governor),
18–19

hybrid districts,
197–98
.
See also
charter schools

individualized learning,
212–15

Jackson, Donna,
105–6

Jackson, Winston,
128–29
,
131

Jacobs, Myra,
109

James, Bendue,
103

James, Sharpe (mayor of Newark),
13
,
19
,
31
,
217

Janey, Clifford,
47
,
70
,
73

Jeffries, Shavar,
65
,
95
,
104
,
106
,
181
,
191
,
207
,
237

Johnson, Robert L.,
233

Jones, LeRoi.
See
Baraka, Amiri

Kenney, Alturrick,
111

King, John,
29–30
,
31
,
98
,
107

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
82–83

KIPP
Foundation charter schools,
14
,
103
,
130
,
150
; Nashville conference,
120
; school budgets and,
137
,
188
,
228
; student body makeup in,
138–39
; student support and,
142–44
.
See also
SPARK
Academy;
TEAM
schools

Klein, Joel,
24
; Anderson and,
107
,
117–18
,
120
,
122
,
125–26
; Cerf and,
67
,
68–70
,
71
,
98
,
151
,
206

Koch, David,
160

Kopp, Wendy,
150

labor reform.
See
teachers' contract in Newark; unions

Langone, Kenneth,
160
,
162

Lautenberg, Frank,
163
,
195

Lee, Dominique,
106
; community engagement and,
49
; support for teachers and,
44–48
,
133–35
,
136
; teacher selection and,
184–85

Leon, Roger,
122–23

Lewis, Marques-Aquil,
49
,
105

Lewis, Tameshone,
182
,
184–85

“lifeboat theory of education reform,”
118–19
.
See also
charter schools

LIFO
(Last In, First Out).
See
seniority protections

lingo,
123–25

literacy skills: math testing and,
186–87
; poverty and,
53–54
; student support and,
146–47
; teacher effectiveness and,
165–74
.
See also
STEP
literacy program

local backlash,
56–58
,
75–77
,
103–7
,
175–78
; hostility to outsiders,
13
,
72–74
,
90
,
169
,
192
.
See also
community engagement

local education foundations, support for,
225

Lucien, Samantha,
40–41

MacInnes, Gordon,
43–44

Mack, John,
160

Malcolm X Shabazz High School,
44–45
,
59

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,
12
,
13

Mattes, Bari,
33
,
65
,
100
,
157
,
233

McCray, Shawn,
168

McHarris, Tynesha,
59–60
,
61–63

McKinsey & Company,
71

McPherson, Dyneeka,
142–44

Meah, Sabrina,
182
,
184
,
185

merit pay for teachers,
153
,
154–55
,
174
,
193
,
235
,
236
.
See also
accountability; teachers' contract in Newark

Mills, Lakiesha,
50–51
,
52–53
,
166

Moore, Yvonne,
230

Morning Joe
(MSNBC program),
55
,
163

Moskovitz, Dustin,
131

My Very Own Library initiative,
224

NAACP,
17

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,
18

National Assessment of Education Progress,
57–58

“national model” rhetoric,
27–29
,
30
,
33–34

A Nation at Risk
(1983 federal report),
7

Nelson, Shakel,
186–87
,
193–94

Newark, City of: civic leadership in,
74–77
,
217
; need for education reform in,
4–5
,
14
,
60–61
,
74
; nickname of,
45
, 1960s riots and,
17–19
; population trends in,
226
; poverty statistics for,
228–29
; public and charter school enrollment in,
227
; race discrimination in,
15
,
17–19
,
rules vs. reality in,
48–50
; school buildings in,
4
,
49
,
104–5
,
136
; spending per pupil in,
228
; urban renewal in,
15–17
.
See also
South Ward of Newark

Newark Charter School Fund,
14
,
24
,
65
,
68
,
158
,
224
,
233
,
236

Newark City of Learning Collaborative,
224

Newark school board: activists at meetings of,
72–74
,
90
,
108
,
109
; Adubato and,
93–94
,
95
,
98
,
99
,
104
; Anderson and,
108–9
,
190
; Baraka and,
95–96
,
99
,
111
; Booker's reform plan and,
72–74
,
75
,
88–89
,
90
,
104
; charters and,
95
,
177
; corruption and,
19–20
,
122
; elections and,
56
,
93–96
,
98
,
99
,
111
; state control of schools and,
19–20
,
65
,
99
,
208

Newark school district staff,
123–25
,
136–37

Newark Star-Ledger
(newspaper),
72
,
75–76
,
87
,
101
,
109
,
169

Newark Teachers Union.
See
teachers' contract in Newark; unions

Newark Trust for Education,
20
,
181–82

Newark Vocational High School,
214–15

New Jersey (state): Cerf as education commissioner and,
68–72
; control over Newark schools by,
19–20
,
65
,
99
,
190
,
191
,
208
; school funding in,
24
,
135–37
; tenure law in,
121–22
,
124
,
153–54
,
155
.
See also
Cerf, Christopher; Christie, Chris

New Jersey Education Association,
14

New Jersey Performing Arts Center event (2013),
198–99

New Leaders for New Schools,
68
,
107

New Orleans schools,
57
,
152

NewSchools Venture Fund,
8–9
,
33
,
69
,
158
,
224

New York City school reform.
See
Klein, Joel

Nicoll, Ed,
10
,
11
,
22–23
,
34

No Child Left Behind law (2002),
8
,
91
,
132

North Star Academy,
46
,
103
,
138
,
139
,
142
,
158
,
234

Obama, Barack (U.S. president),
6
,
9
,
13
,
154
,
160
,
163
,
164

Obama, Michelle,
4

Olivieria, Teresa,
47

One Newark plan: Anderson's goals for,
200–201
; announcement of,
198–99
; enrollment and,
237
; public uprising and,
206
,
210
; role of charter schools in,
197–98
,
199
,
200

The Oprah Winfrey Show
,
31–32
,
34–35

outsiders, community hostility to,
13
,
72–74
,
90
,
169
,
192

parental engagement: charter schools and,
103–4
; local educators and,
145
,
183–85
; weak schools and,
180–81
.
See also
community engagement

Parsons, Dick,
107

Parthenon Group,
125

Partnership for Education in Newark (PENewark),
61–63

Payne, Donald, Jr.,
94–95
,
120

Pediatric Leaders for the Underserved,
26

performance-based pay,
94
,
127
.
See also
merit pay for teachers

Perpich, Chris,
48
,
133

Pershing Square Foundation,
64
,
66
,
68
,
194–96
.
See also
Ackman, William

Peshine Avenue School,
182
,
183
,
188–90
,
192–94

philanthropy in education,
9
,
24
; charter schools and,
158
; historical efforts in,
7–9
; influence of, in Booker's reform plan,
68–72
; issues around,
65
; media and,
55
; school failure and,
71
,
193
; Washington, D.C., reform and,
153
.
See also
Ackman, William; Foundation for Newark's Future (FNF);
Zuckerberg, Mark; Zuckerberg $100 million gift

Pittman, Steve,
189

Poland, Addison B.,
43

political forces in education reform,
9
,
14
,
30–31
,
150–64
.
See also
Adubato, Stephen, Sr.; Baraka, Ras; Christie, Chris; unions

portfolio strategy,
69–70

poverty: achievement gap and,
90
,
91–92
; Avon students and,
42–44
,
133–34
; budget cuts and,
190
; charter schools and,
138–39
; children's expectations and,
40
,
41–42
; city and state statistics on,
228
,
229
; education reform strategies and,
57–58
; Renew schools plan and,
185–87
; role of schools and,
138–44
,
218
; school transfers and,
133–34
.
See also
South Ward of Newark; student support

Pray, Akbar,
60–61

Price, Clement,
16
,
75
,
102
,
108
,
181
,
209

principals: autonomy of,
64
; contract reform and,
235
; parental engagement and,
183–85
; Renew schools program and,
182–85
; teacher quality and,
120–22
,
124
; teacher support and,
193–94
.
See also
Baraka, Ras; Belcher, Joanna; Haygood, Charity

proficiency scores,
195
; achievement gap and,
90
,
91–92
; in charter schools,
138
,
139
,
234
; One Newark plan and,
204
; teacher accountability and,
57–58
,
154–55
,
235
,
236

“proof points,”
24
,
175
,
210

public schools in Newark: Booker plan for,
119
; demographic changes and,
15–16
,
17
,
18–19
; enrollment trends in,
118
,
227
; expansion of charters and,
119
,
197–98
,
201
,
202–3
; historical excellence of,
14–15
; role of principals in,
121–22
.
See also
school closings;
entries for specific schools in Newark