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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.
Mission Statement
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.
Mission Statement
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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
New Orleans Schools are Mired in Corruption, Auditors Say
Battle Heats Up Over New Orleans Schools
ADAM NOSSITER, Associated Press Writer June 8, 2004 Dateline: BATON ROUGE, La. A standoff between the state and New Orleans over the city's faltering public schools heated up Tuesday, as the Louisiana Legislature advanced a tough measure reducing the school board's power. Meanwhile, a federal judge in New Orleans refused to remove a bar on the firing of embattled superintendent Anthony Amato, turning down pleas from school board members who want to get rid of him. New Orleans schools, mired in corruption, federal investigations, and failure, easily rank at the bottom in a state whose education system is considered mediocre at best. Legislators in Baton Rouge have for years expressed frustration, as millions in state money flows to the city's struggling schools _ much of it misspent, according to audits. The frustration was evident Tuesday as Gov. Kathleen Blanco made an unusually passionate plea to a state Senate committee for a bill that strips the elected board of substantial power. As the bill has advanced in Baton Rouge, the board has fought back. Tuesday, the committee room was packed with many board supporters who spoke against the bill. An NAACP representative suggested the measure may violate Voting Rights Act provisions, but a lawyer on the committee, a senator, dismissed that idea. "This is an appropriate legislative response to a system that is academically in crisis," Sen. Jay Dardenne said. Blanco and legislators say the bill is New Orleans' last chance to avoid a state takeover of its schools. The bill gives the superintendent power to sign contracts and hire and fire personnel, and also makes it more difficult for the board to fire him. The bill was changed somewhat Tuesday to shift some authority back to the board, making its passage by the full Senate later this week all but certain. The school board has focused its ire on Amato, who has invited the FBI into school board headquarters to look into corruption. Amato was hired last year after serving as chief of schools in Hartford, Conn. Some board members said he has failed to improve academics or finances. On Tuesday, a federal judge refused to go along with the board's contention that it can unilaterally fire Amato. The judge ruled that an arbitrary firing would violate the due process rights of Amato and the city's students, as well as state law. |
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