{"id":13472,"date":"2017-08-17T11:13:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.successacademies.org\/?post_type=education_blog&p=13472"},"modified":"2017-08-17T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:13:29","slug":"charlottesville-and-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"education_blog","link":"https:\/\/www.successacademies.org\/education-blog\/charlottesville-and-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlottesville and President Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Success Academy Community,<\/span><\/p>\n

Like so many of you, I am deeply distressed both by the hateful violence in Charlottesville and by President Trump\u2019s refusal to clearly denounce it. Nobody with any empathy for the plight of people of color in this country could respond the way he did. \u00a0His comments have left many in our community feeling unsafe and uncertain about their place in society. It\u2019s one thing to have a President with whose politics you disagree; it\u2019s another to have a President who doesn\u2019t even seem to care about your welfare. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of our greatest weapons in fighting the kinds of injustice, violence, and moral confusion we have seen over the past few days is ensuring that we have schools where our children are safe not only physically, \u00a0but also emotionally and morally, and are taught the values to which we aspire. \u00a0We must renew our commitment to instilling high moral character in our students, to teaching them to \u00a0treat each other with kindness, to stand up for what is right, and to respect the diversity of backgrounds and experiences that strengthen our country. In the words of Nelson Mandela, <\/span>\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Like many of you, I have found the Trump presidency distressing, and I want to candidly share with you the struggles I\u2019ve faced in dealing with it. \u00a0As I explained when I announced that I was turning down a potential opportunity to serve as Secretary of Education, I voted for Hillary Clinton and was sorely disappointed she didn\u2019t win. I am a Democrat and disagree with virtually all of President Trump\u2019s policy positions including those on healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, immigration, global warming, gun control, and tax \u201creform.\u201d I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice. \u00a0This is the approach I\u2019ve taken for the last 11 years, working with elected officials from both parties including Presidents Obama and Bush, \u00a0Governors Cuomo, Patterson, Spitzer, and Pataki, and Mayor Bloomberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, our nation has become so polarized in the Trump era that some have perceived my silence as tacit support of President Trump\u2019s policies. This is particularly upsetting to me because opponents of charter schools in general, and of Success Academy in particular, have sought to take advantage of this confusion to undermine our schools and the work we do for children. \u00a0I apologize to you for allowing this to happen. I thought the approach I\u2019d previously taken would work in this new era; I\u2019ve learned it doesn\u2019t, particularly in light of President Trump\u2019s horrifying response to the violence in Charlottesville. In retrospect, I should have been more outspoken so that no one would possibly think that either Success Academy or I was tacitly supporting President Trump\u2019s policies, which are contrary to the values of respect, caring, and concern that are central to our mission. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moving forward, I hope that we can redouble our efforts to protect our children from the terrible hatred and violence that still plagues our nation and work to make our country a place in which there is greater tolerance, equality, and love for one another. <\/span><\/p>\n

Warmly,
\n<\/span>Eva Moskowitz<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":13474,"menu_order":98,"template":"","categories":[22],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-13472","education_blog","type-education_blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-founder","tag-eva-moskowitz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCharlottesville and President Trump | Success Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.successacademies.org\/education-blog\/charlottesville-and-president-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlottesville and President Trump | Success Academy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""One of our greatest weapons in fighting the kinds of injustice, violence, and moral confusion we have seen over the past few days is ensuring that we have schools where our children are safe not only physically, but also emotionally and morally, and are taught the values to which we aspire." - 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