Sentences with phrase «moskowitz over charter schools»

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Families for Excellent Schools fought with the de Blasio administration over charter expansion and was a close ally of Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz.

Eva Moskowitz, the charter school chief and frequent critic of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, threatened to shut her new prekindergarten program if her dispute with his administration over payment isn't resolved by mid-February.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

Eva S. Moskowitz the founder of the Success Academy group of charter schools, wants permission to double its size by 2016, which could reignite protests over sharing classrooms in crowded districts.

On Friday, Moskowitz released an «open letter» to de Blasio, detailing his «poor management and lack of control over the governance of city schools [and] his neglect of public charter school student needs.»

Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz, who has fought with de Blasio over the role of charter schools in the city, said earlier Wednesday that she agrees with him about mayoral control.

Success secured its place as the city's most conspicuous charter network this year, as Success» founder and C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz publicly sparred with Mayor Bill de Blasio over space for several Success schools.

Families for Excellent Schools, a charter advocacy group that has effectively served as a political PAC for Moskowitz's schools over the last twoSchools, a charter advocacy group that has effectively served as a political PAC for Moskowitz's schools over the last twoschools over the last two years.

Success and Moskowitz have been at the center of the recent battle over the future of New York's charters, and a particular thorn in the side of Mayor Bill de Blasio since February, when he attempted to block three Success schools from opening.

City Hall has largely demurred when facing Moskowitz in the past — ever since losing a high - profile fight with her and the network in the spring of 2014 over charter school space — with officials saying they wanted to avoid unnecessary conflict.

Eva Moskowitz founded Success Academy Charter Schools and has clashed with Mayor Bill de Blasio over the expansion of her Schools and has clashed with Mayor Bill de Blasio over the expansion of her schoolsschools

Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz found a new and politically expedient way to attack Mayor Bill de Blasio over space issues for her charter schools on Thursday by casting doubt on his worthiness to maintain mayoral control of the city's schools, perhaps his administration's most urgent priority in Albany.

Last year, when de Blasio was at his most vulnerable, Cuomo chose to play a decisive role in the mayor's most embarrassing political defeat to date by siding with charter school executive Eva Moskowitz in a high - profile fight over city charters.

The city has alleged that Moskowitz has refused to sign a contract granting the Department of Education oversight over pre-K programs in Success» charter schools — meaning the city can not fund the programs.

Moskowitz has proved a polarizing figure not only within City Hall and the city's district schools, but also among some charter leaders who privately resent her total political dominance over the city's charter sector.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz is asking State Education Department commissioner MaryEllen Elia to get involved in a spat between her charter school network and Mayor Bill de Blasio over pre-Kindergarten services.

Moskowitz has the support of the New York City Charter School Center, whose CEO James Merriman released a statement Thursday claiming that the law makes clear that the city can not have oversight over charters.

But it's likely to be just the first step in what promises to be a long fight for Moskowitz over public school space and the future of the controversial charter network.

Eva S. Moskowitz, Success Academy's founder, has repeatedly sparred with Mayor Bill de Blasio over his education policies and allied herself with Republican advocates of charter schools and vouchers.

Kindred arguments have erupted over whether the most successful «no excuses» charters, such as Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies in New York City, deter unpromising or troubled students from entering and suspend others whose test scores might tarnish the schools» reputations.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, for example, this week accused the city of favoring one of Moskowitz's charters over the schools it shares space with.

Families for Excellent Schools fought with the de Blasio administration over charter expansion and was a close ally of Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz.

It's a stark contrast from two years ago, when de Blasio avoided even the uttering words «charter school» in public for months after his loss to Moskowitz over school space.

Over breakfast this morning, Eva Moskowitz seemed to rattle off a list of people who are skeptical of her Success Academy charter school chain — teachers union types who are suing her, the media that is scrutinizing her classrooms, the parents who are angry about suspensions or expulsions — some of whom showed up to confront her today.

Success Academy Charter School founder Eva Moskowitz joined Errol Louis to discuss her relationship with the mayor, as well as a dispute with the city over their pre-k program.