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“It’s an insult to the scholars’ intelligence. What the teacher is saying should be so interesting that the kids are sitting on the edge of their seat, hanging on every word. It’s intellectual spark that holds and keeps their attention, not baby talk.”
― Eva Moskowitz

“When children have trouble participating in an adult conversation, it’s usually because they lack relevant knowledge. You can remedy that by making an effort to provide your children with the background information they need to participate in a conversation. If your child does express an opinion, try to treat it respectfully and engage with it. If you communicate to your child that their opinion doesn’t matter, it will discourage them from participating.”
― Eva Moskowitz, A+ Parenting: The Surprisingly Fun Guide to Raising Surprisingly Smart Kids—A Fun Parenting Manual with a Creative Approach, Unlock Your Child's Potential

“mathematics curriculum we were rolling out called TERC,”
― Eva Moskowitz, The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir – A Political Activist's Fight for Charter School Reform in New York City

“While it can be frustrating to teach young children because they don’t know how to behave, the upside is that they are virtually a blank slate, and if you take advantage of that fact to teach them to become good learners, that investment will pay dividends for years to come.”
― Eva Moskowitz, The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir

“Your duty is to prepare your students for the world as it exists, not as you would like it to be.”
― Eva Moskowitz, The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir – A Political Activist's Fight for Charter School Reform in New York City

“My dual role as both a school leader and a mother gave me the perfect opportunity to understand how schooling and parenting come together to contribute to a child’s intellectual development. Sharing that knowledge with you is the purpose of this book.”
― Eva Moskowitz, A+ Parenting: The Surprisingly Fun Guide to Raising Surprisingly Smart Kids

“THINK literacy,”
― Eva Moskowitz, The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir – A Political Activist's Fight for Charter School Reform in New York City

“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, The Education of Eva Moskowitz: A Memoir – A Political Activist's Fight for Charter School Reform in New York City