Eva Moskowitz

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”