Charter school founder Eva Moskowitz says she won’t run for NYC mayor

When she started her Success Academy charter schools, the union sued over the city’s plans to site her schools inside regular public school buildings.

“Mr. Mayor, what we’re saying here today is this: The public-schools system is your system”. The mayor, who has been supported by the United Federation of Teachers, has said such schools take resources from the vast majority of students.

She also would have to contend with a reputation for abrasiveness and a record of confrontation with her critics, which has led a few fellow charter operators to distance themselves from her and galvanized many charter-school opponents. The fact that the grid is unable to account for the sort of very small changes in demand – like closing the door while the AC is running – renders the potential environmental benefits of the de Blasio rule virtually nonexistent.

Parish said she’s “concerned” about a “wrong” de Blasio proposal before the Board of Correction, an oversight panel, to limit jailhouse access to inmates by visitors with serious criminal records.

Perhaps recognizing that this issue will continue to be a thorn in his side, Mayor de Blasio defended his remarks on local radio station 1010 WINS.

She said all kids deserve an equal opportunity.

“I don’t think that Mayor de Blasio is to blame for the educational crisis – it existed long before he came into office”, she said.

Her decision not to challenge de Blasio comes as Success Academy is growing quickly. The network also saw the departures of two longtime executives last month, including Keri Hoyt, Moskowitz’s longtime second-in-command.

Moskowitz, a registered Democrat, ran an unsuccessful primary race for Manhattan borough president in 2005.

Officials from Families for Excellent Schools would not say how much the group paid for the event or for Hudson to perform.

Moskowitz has clashed with educators on a host of practices that she uses in her schools – whose students consistently outscore most of their charter and traditional school peers on state tests – including harsh discipline policies. He criticized her for not joining the fight to get more money for public schools. Last year, she testified before Congress about education’s role in boosting the economy and this year brought students and a teacher to Capitol Hill to show demonstrate a lesson to lawmakers. “Some have even said that I have some sort of secret plot – that there is some sort of conspiracy, that I’m really just opening up schools in order to further my political career”, she told reporters on the steps of City Hall.