Eva Moskowitz

Eva Moskowitz

Eva S. Moskowitz (less commonly Eva Sarah Moskowitz) (born March 4, 1964) runs Success Academy Charter Schools and is a former City Councilmember, both in New York City.

Her recent work has generally centered on education. Besides founding Success Academy Charter Schools (originally Harlem Success Academy), she has worked with the Harlem Education Fair, the Great Public Schools PAC, StudentsFirstNY, and the New York City Charter School Center. She coauthored Mission Possible (2012), mainly a guide to running charter schools. She said that American education does not fare well in international comparisons, that Black and Hispanic high school satudents were allowed to graduate without passing state-wide tests, that even in affluent districts public education is not as good as parents think it is, that education can be more rigorous, that schools should be "free from crushing bureaucracy and outlandish labor contracts", that class sizes may be a little larger so more funds are available for each class for better teaching and technology, that business managers can let principals concentrate on instructional issues, that charter schools should be placed in public noncharter school buildings to make comparisons more visible to parents, that New York City public noncharter schools may need a turnaround rather than mere reform, and that charter schools can provide a model for public noncharter schools to replicate. Replication, she said, can be based on close parental involvement in their children's education, a parent–school partnership, reading, "high-quality teaching", and "highly effective principal".

In earlier work, she received a Ph.D. in history, taught in universities, authored In Therapy We Trust, and wrote a scholarly study of Betty Friedan's work.

In her electoral political career, while in the City Council she chaired the Education Committee and she later lost a primary election to be the Democratic party nominee for Manhattan Borough President. She has been opposed by the United Federation of Teachers, a union, in every election. She has had support from parents of students in her charter schools. She may run to be Mayor in 2017.