Rapid Response: What you can learn from how schools are pivoting, w/ Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz
Masters of Scale
WaitWhat
4.6 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The first day of school doesn't look the way it used to – in some cases, it might not be happening at all. As schools across the country start a new year, we're kicking off a new season with Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy, a charter school network that serves 20,000 kids across New York City. In the spring, Success Academy pivoted to remote learning days before the City shut down schools and as they start a new semester, Success Academy is pivoting to "Remote Learning 2.0." Though Eva runs charter schools, any leader or entrepreneur can learn from her experience: how and when to make decisions in an uncertain environment, how and why to communicate with constituents, why to celebrate remote work – and who we should all prioritize.
Read a transcript of this episode at https://mastersofscale.com
Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter at https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hi listeners, it's Chris Goethea, producer on Masters of Scale. |
| 0:03.2 | Quickly dropping in with an invitation for you to join us at an upcoming strategy session with Reed, |
| 0:07.9 | along with a few very special guests. During this live virtual event, you'll hear some game-changing |
| 0:14.0 | wisdom and insights that will help you make smart and financial decisions for your business. |
| 0:18.4 | So take a second to save the data in your calendar for Monday, May 8th at 3.30pm Pacific, |
| 0:23.2 | and register at mastersofscale.com forward slash strategy session to receive your link to join. |
| 0:29.6 | We'll be tackling some of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs, |
| 0:32.8 | with a special focus on how your business can thrive even amidst an economic downturn. |
| 0:38.0 | It's a really important topic, and you'll hear timely strategic insights that will help set you |
| 0:42.8 | and your business up for success. So go to mastersofscale.com forward slash strategy session to |
| 0:49.2 | register for free. Now on to the show. Imagine a kindergarteners first experience of school |
| 0:58.3 | being on the little rectangular boxes. We think of schools as building communities of learners. |
| 1:06.8 | Having to do that in two dimensions is certainly not our ideal of school. |
| 1:14.0 | We have had quite a lot of deaths from corona in between March and June. A lot of our parents and |
| 1:22.7 | guardians have pretty severe health risks. That's on top of even pre-COVID, housing challenges, |
| 1:31.7 | childcare challenges. We pivoted with warp speed. It felt a little bit start-upy. We were |
| 1:41.8 | trying things, some things worked, other things didn't work. We see a moral responsibility, |
| 1:48.8 | of course, to our kids and families, a civic responsibility. We've got to get it done in a joyful, |
| 1:56.2 | empathetic manner because our kids and teachers and leaders represent hope for the country. |
| 2:06.8 | That's even Mosquitz, CEO of Success Academy, a much-watched charter school network in New York City. |
| 2:14.8 | In the US, we now face a patchwork of remote learning, in-person experiments, and hybrid models, |
| 2:21.7 | with heightened fears the classrooms could become virus incubators. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WaitWhat, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of WaitWhat and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.