Principals often remark, «Your support was the only reason I didn't
quit midyear,» or «You're the only one who listened to me and believed in me.»
State statistics suggest that the teachers, who are nonunionized, tend to
quit their jobs more frequently than in other schools; Ms. Moskowitz disputes the numbers, but wrote to her teachers a couple of years ago complaining about those who had left
midyear and telling them, «This is not a «gig.»»