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Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Stories & Grievances
Violence Against Minority Students at Lafayette HS is Stopped by the Court
Why didn't the New York City Department of Education put a stop to the abuse?
City to Help Curb Harassment of Asian Students at High School
By ELISSA GOOTMAN (NY TIMES, June 2, 2004) fter a long investigation by the Justice Department into reports that Asian students at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn were verbally and physically harassed by fellow students while school authorities looked the other way, New York City has agreed to take steps to curb harassment and enhance services for non-English-speakers at the school. Under a consent decree filed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn yesterday, the city's Department of Education agreed to improve translation services for students and start "diversity and tolerance" training for students at Lafayette, a large school in the Gravesend neighborhood with a troubled record. "There has been severe and pervasive peer-on-peer harassment of Asian students at Lafayette High School that is based on the Asian students' race and national origin," according to the government's complaint, which was also filed yesterday. "The persistent harassment has created an objectively hostile environment." The Justice Department said that students regularly threw food, drink cans and even metal locks at Asian-American students while shouting ethnic slurs, and that school authorities "have been deliberately indifferent to the harassment of Asian students." The complaint also charged that Lafayette's English as a Second Language program was "deficient in a number of areas," including class placement and communication with non-English-speaking parents. Other problems included violent assaults against Asian students on and off school property. An investigator said school safety agents sometimes told Asian students who had been attacked or harassed that they could not help them unless the students could identify their assailants. Some students who finished their requirements for graduation early said they were forced to leave school after three years and did not feel prepared for college. Under the consent decree, the Department of Education agreed that Lafayette students who do not speak English well would be placed in appropriate classes within 10 days of enrolling. It agreed to improve translation services and promised that, for example, Mandarin-speaking students who do not understand Cantonese would not be placed in bilingual classes taught in Cantonese. The department also promised that Lafayette would develop a policy clarifying school officials' obligations to report cases of harassment based on race, color and national origin, and designate a staff member to handle such complaints. The Justice Department will monitor Lafayette's progress over the next three years. According to the Department of Education, Lafayette's more than 2,000 students speak at least 30 different languages. Michael Best, the general counsel for the school system, said in a statement, "Lafayette recognizes the diversity of its population and, in order to minimize harassment, has taken steps to heighten awareness among students." |
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