Top 30 Eva Moskowitz Quotes

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

I am from an F.D.R. liberal-Democratic family. With proximity to government, I have become more libertarian.

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

Sometimes when kids look like they’re daydreaming, it’s because they are, and we can’t allow that possibility.

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.

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

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.’

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.

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.

We must renew our commitment to instilling high moral character in our students, to teaching them to treat each other with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to respect the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that strengthen our country.

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

Whatever you think rigor looks like, you should go up a few notches.

I thought I was leaving elected office and politics in order to focus on schooling, but as you know, schooling turns out to be frankly even more political than politics.

What you get is what you see, which is suspending kids doesn’t lead to high attrition rate. That is what the data shows.

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

It’s one thing to have a president with whose politics you disagree; it’s another to have a president who doesn’t even seem to care about your welfare.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I believe Betsy DeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides, and I support her nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education.

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.

I wouldn’t be educating children if I did not believe in human potential.

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!

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

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.

I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.

As I explained when I announced that I was turning down a potential opportunity to serve as Secretary of Education, I voted for Hillary Clinton and was sorely disappointed she didn’t win.

In New York City, the idea that district schools advance equality is a myth.