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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.
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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Current Events
New York State Education Inspectors Find Educational Malpractice
SCHOOLS FAIL OUR CHILDREN
By CARL CAMPANILE, NY POST July 26, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE Thousands of students are the victims of what amounts to educational malpractice at the city's failing public schools, according to state findings obtained by The Post. State Education Department inspectors visited eight schools in its dreaded Hall of Shame earlier this year and issued chilling reports on what they saw. The review covered Thomas Jefferson HS, Maxwell Vocational HS, IS 349 and the School for International Studies in Brooklyn; IS 219 and MS 399 in The Bronx; and IS 172 and the Public School Repertory in Manhattan. Inspectors flunked the performance of many teachers at all the schools, whom they found to be poorly trained and unprepared. Half the schools did not teach state-required courses such as social studies, arts and music. Some schools lacked science labs, computers and textbooks. Among the findings: * MS 399 was in such bad shape that students were treated like prisoners. Kids were confined to one classroom all day to reduce rowdiness. * At IS 219, 94 percent of students flunked the eighth-grade English exam. But the school provided little or no remedial services to low-performing students. * At the Public School Repertory and the School for International Studies, math teachers didn't know math, let alone know how to teach it. "The [Repertory] school's mathematics teachers . . . lack a thorough understanding of the conceptual and procedural knowledge of mathematics," inspectors said. * At Jefferson HS, students were failing, but remarkably, supervisors gave all but one teacher satisfactory job ratings. * Maxwell Vocational HS was severely overcrowded at 180 percent of its capacity. Staffers complained it has become a dumping ground for students who couldn't get accepted into other schools. * IS 349 had a disastrous bilingual program that had uncertified teachers and no Spanish books in some classes. * And at IS 172, learning-disabled students were denied services because of poor supervision and missing records. |
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