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 More Quotes by Eva Moskowitz More Quotes From 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 youexcellencepathpeople 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. Eva Moskowitz thinkuniqueschoolthinking 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 treatrespectkindnesscharacter 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. Eva Moskowitz dayamerican-dreamchildrenworld 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 parentsqualityhandsschool I didn't design schools for poor kids. I'm designing schools to be world-class. Eva Moskowitz world-classdesignpoorkids To me, that is really fundamental to social justice: to have choices in life. Eva Moskowitz mechoicesjusticelife 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 herleadershipeducationopportunity 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 highseeyoudata 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-seeownseefailure I wouldn't be educating children if I did not believe in human potential. Eva Moskowitz potentialhumanbelievechildren I am from an F.D.R. liberal-Democratic family. With proximity to government, I have become more libertarian. Eva Moskowitz i-ammorefamilygovernment 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 greatchildrenpeopleschool Sometimes when kids look like they're daydreaming, it's because they are, and we can't allow that possibility. Eva Moskowitz becauselikelooksometimes 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 parentscommunitybehaviorschool 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. Eva Moskowitz thingsgotogetherculture 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 teacherscontrolyoulearning 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 youryoupoliticscare 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. Eva Moskowitz youpoliticspoliticalfocus 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. Eva Moskowitz downwineducationopportunity
