‘We've got to change the game’: Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz defends charter schools

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz joins Margaret Hoover to discuss the problems with education in America and her ideas to fix it. Moskowitz, who served as a Democrat in the New York City Council, founded a network of charter schools that has grown to include 20,000 students at 47 schools. She has taken on the teachers unions, a position that puts her at odds with her own party line. She is also an advocate for school choice — which more often is a Republican priority. Moskowitz responds to some of her high-profile critics, including actor Matt Damon, who namechecked her during an 2011 interview in which he criticized the charter school model. She also discusses the challenge of teaching during the pandemic and weighs in on the education reform policies she would like to see from new New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Support for “Firing Line for Margaret Hoover” is provided by Stephens Inc., Robert Granieri, Charles R. Schwab, The Fairweather Foundation, Asness Family Foundation, Pfizer Inc., Craig Newmark Philanthropies,  The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, and Damon Button.