Eva Moskowitz Quotes
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Self-delusion is rarely a good strategy for effective management.
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Part of me would love to be mayor for the simple reason that I love my city.
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I love working with teachers and principals; they are my heroes. They are very dedicated to children, and it's very impactful.
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In New York City, the idea that district schools advance equality is a myth.
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Whatever you think rigor looks like, you should go up a few notches.
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Attacking school segregation requires all hands on deck. We in the charter sector must move beyond our traditional comfort zone, serving disadvantaged students, and meet the demands of parents who have other high quality options.
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If the day ever comes when I think something is okay simply because district schools do it, I hope my board fires me.
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I took my teaching responsibilities very seriously... I taught some great courses: Legal history to feminist theory, courses in American mass culture... I love teaching - I mean really love it.
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I wouldn't be educating children if I did not believe in human potential.
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Rule number one of journalism is that trying to get in between a journalist and a story he wants to tell is like trying to stop a herd of stampeding cattle.
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Like so many of you, I am deeply distressed both by the hateful violence in Charlottesville and by President Trump's refusal to clearly denounce it. Nobody with any empathy for the plight of people of color in this country could respond the way he did.
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Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.
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If student A 'impacts' student B with a fist, they shouldn't 'dialogue as equals.' Student A should be disciplined. When you assault your co-worker or curse out your boss, you don't get a 'restorative circle' - you get fired.
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I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.
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It is very challenging to have a kind of data-driven, performance-oriented culture and to do progressive pedagogy. These things don't naturally, or easily, go together.
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To me, that is really fundamental to social justice: to have choices in life.
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I assure you: If I were to hear a teacher raise a voice at a kid or anything, that goes against the model, and I would immediately address it.
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I'm troubled by what I see as a sort of rooting for Trump's failure, because that is rooting for our own failure.
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I've never believed the charter movement was exclusively for socially and economically disadvantaged kids.
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Suspensions convey the critical message to students and parents that certain behavior is inconsistent with being a member of the school community. Pretend suspensions, in which a student is allowed to remain in the school community, do not convey that message.
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I am a Democrat and disagree with virtually all of President Trump's policy positions, including those on healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, immigration, global warming, gun control, and tax 'reform.'
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Success isn't ideal for every child. If we think a child would do better in a different school, whether it's a specialized program or just a school with a different approach, we'll tell a parent that, as we should.
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Excellence is the accumulation of hundreds of minute decisions; it is execution at the most granular level. Once you accept the idea that you should give in to things that make no sense because other people do those things and you want to appear reasonable, you are on a path towards mediocrity.
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I'm very, very focused on not only creating world class schools at scale, but changing the public policy in this country that every day prevents children from getting access to the American dream.