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Future Perfect

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Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Tech News, News

4.5 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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When Mark Zuckerberg gave $100 million to Newark’s schools, he raised a big question: Who will decide where this money goes? The answer: Not the people of Newark. We examine why the people of Newark turned against a gift that Zuckerberg and Cory Booker wanted them to celebrate.Dylan Scott explains the Newark giftPatrick Wall at Chartbeat has done some fantastic reporting on the outcomes of the giftDale Russakoff’s history of the gift, and the New Yorker excerptThe Harvard evaluation, and a critique of itAnother evaluation finding the intervention worked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On September 24, 2010, Oprah Winfrey gathered a little group of guests together on her stage.
0:06.3	Republican governor, Chris Christie, Democratic mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, and the founder
0:11.8	of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.
0:14.7	The first time all three years wereing a purple tie.
0:17.3	Booker was wearing a red tie.
0:19.5	Zuck, true to form, wasn't wearing a tie at all.
0:22.6	They weren't there to debate.
0:24.1	They had one common goal.
0:26.2	Putting politics aside to help turn around the failing public schools in Newark, New Jersey.
0:32.7	Mayor Booker, for those who don't know, what's the big news?
0:35.6	Well, we've been talking for quite some time
0:37.6	about creating a bold new paradigm
0:39.8	for educational excellence in the country
0:41.7	to show the way to put the people of the city...
0:43.6	Booker as mayor had big ideas
0:45.8	for fixing education in Newark.
0:48.2	Christy, who was the governor of the state,
0:50.1	was going to let him explore those ideas.
0:53.1	In Zuckerberg...
0:54.2	So, Mr. Zuckerberg, what role are you playing in all of this?
0:59.0	Are the rumors true?
1:00.5	Would there be a check offered at some point?
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