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.

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

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.'

Eva Moskowitz

I want kids to be able to escape failing schools that trap them. And it's an unequal trapping of children. The most affluent find a way to escape. They move to a great suburban district or send their kid to a private school. The people who are trapped in the worst schools that have been terrible often for half a century? Those are the poorest kids.

Eva Moskowitz

One of the biggest reasons that teachers have trouble with student-centered learning is that they have to give over a level of control to the kids. And, when you do that, you can have chaos, or you can have high levels of learning. Often, teachers are afraid of the chaos.

Eva Moskowitz

If the day ever comes when I think something is okay simply because district schools do it, I hope my board fires me.

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

I'm troubled by what I see as a sort of rooting for Trump's failure, because that is rooting for our own failure.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz

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.

Eva Moskowitz

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

Eva Moskowitz