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“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.”
“I'm troubled by what I see as a sort of rooting for Trump's failure, because that is rooting for our own failure.”
“I didn't design schools for poor kids. I'm designing schools to be world-class.”
“Part of me would love to be mayor for the simple reason that I love my city.”
“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 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.”
“No matter how good a teacher is, if that teacher won't play as part of the team, you're better off without her.”
“In New York City, the idea that district schools advance equality is a myth.”
“What you get is what you see, which is suspending kids doesn't lead to high attrition rate. That is what the data shows.”
“If the day ever comes when I think something is okay simply because district schools do it, I hope my board fires me.”
“I believe education is a bipartisan issue, and I intend to support those educational policies of President Trump with which I agree.”
“Any elected official who asks to visit my schools is welcome to do so; there is no political litmus test.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 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.”
“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'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.”