Eva Moskowitz Quotes

Eva Moskowitz

Profession : Educator

Birth : March 4, 1964

I love working with teachers and principals; they are my heroes. They are very dedicated to children, and it's very impactful.

Eva Moskowitz

I have always been very open about my respect for public service.

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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 think it's fairly unique to define the end goal of K-12 schooling as helping students become better thinkers, more creative thinkers, and to organize the whole school around creative and critical thinking.

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Self-delusion is rarely a good strategy for effective management.

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I've never believed the charter movement was exclusively for socially and economically disadvantaged kids.

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I didn't design schools for poor kids. I'm designing schools to be world-class.

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Schools can ebb and flow. It can be phenomenal one day, and then you hit fractions, and it falls apart.

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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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Most teachers in America could dramatically improve their teaching if they just made every second count.

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No matter how good a teacher is, if that teacher won't play as part of the team, you're better off without her.

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Parents who don't like Success should find a school they do like. For someone to enroll their child at Success and insist we change our model is like a person walking into a pizzeria and demanding sushi. If you want sushi, go to a sushi restaurant!

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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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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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Part of me would love to be mayor for the simple reason that I love my city.

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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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Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.

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Why doesn't anyone care that the schools in Harlem have been unsuccessful for half a century? Why is this not a big deal? To me, it's a terrible deal.

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To me, that is really fundamental to social justice: to have choices in life.

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