Quotes from Eva Moskowitz

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.