Eva Moskowitz Quotes
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.
Moskowitz, Eva. The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir. Harper, 2017.
Advising on response to international provocations:
Ironically it was the old Chinese culture of the Emperors where public official mistakes were generally paid for with the official’s life. However, there is a tendency the world over for the public to demand someone to be punished or fired. Often the easiest way for a politician with administrative responsibility to blunt that responsibility is to fire some subordinates or demote or otherwise punish them. In Taiwan they have a demerit system. The leader must take the responsibility for the failure. Many politicians (and business executives) observe that there are thousands of subordinates and that they cannot be held responsible for the errors that any of them make. While the do not want the responsibility, they are the first to claim the credit if anything goes right. If an employee should be fired, then do so, but as this quotation observes to meet out discipline in response to criticism is reprehensible.
Eva Sarah Moskowitz is the founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools. Moskowitz served on New York City Council representing the Upper East Side from 1999 to 2005. Moskowitz was on a shortlist to be Donald Trump's Secretary of Education, which eventually went to Betsy DeVos.
