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Jason Bedrick is an education policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom.

April 12, 2016|charter schools, Dale Russakoff, Mark Zuckerberg, Teacher unions, The Prize

Newark’s Education Reform Debacle

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker (Photo by Charles Sykes/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

“One hundred million dollars?!?” Oprah Winfrey exclaimed incredulously as her studio audience gave a standing ovation. Sitting next to her was Mark Zuckerberg, the young billionaire CEO and founder of Facebook, who had just announced he would donate $100 million to help turn the failing school system in Newark, New Jersey into a national model.

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