An
in-depth interview with school choice pioneer Eva Moskowitz, who's the founder
of New York City's Success Academy charter school network.
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Success Academy in
New York City is the nation's most celebrated—and controversial—charter school
network, where the kids beat the rest of the city on the annual standardized
English and math exams by an enormous margin.
Its founder and CEO is Eva
Moskowitz, a former City Council member who sank her own political career back
in 2003 by speaking out about how unions stifle schools.
So she left
politics, and in 2006 started a charter school. A decade later, Success has
grown into a network of 34 schools serving 11,000 kids, and it’s often hailed as
a shining example of what the school choice movement can achieve at its very
best.
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