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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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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
Sexual, Verbal, and Physical Abuse by DOE Personnel Increased Dramatically Last Year in NYC.
Is Chancellor Klein taking care of the perpetrators?
Surge in sex-harass cases in school
By KATHLEEN LUCADAMO, Daily News, August 3, 2004 The number of school employees busted for sexually harassing students skyrocketed 50% last year, the Daily News has learned. The vulgar comments ranged from the merely disgusting - to the vilely unprintable. "Is your boyfriend doing it to you?" one employee asked a student in one of the cases probed by Special School Investigator Richard Condon. "You have a nice ---," another employee told a student. "There's no misunderstanding. The child isn't too sensitive," Condon told The News. "They aren't saying 'Your blouse looks nice' or 'Hey dopey.'" Overall, there was a 14% increase last year in the number of school employees accused of wrongdoing. At least a quarter of the cases had sexual overtones, involving anything from performing lewd acts in public to inappropriate touching to making graphic comments, Condon said. There were 39 cases of confirmed sexual harassment - up from 26 the year before. But Condon fears many more incidents go unreported. "Children are vulnerable," he said. "They are easy prey." There were more than 20 cases involving students who reported they were inappropriately touched. In one fifth-grade class, about a dozen students came forward separately to say they'd been touched by the same teacher. "Kids have an instinct," Condon said. "They know when something is wrong." Investigators - using cell-phone records and stakeouts - also uncovered 17 inappropriate relationships between students and school staffers, up from 13 the year before. "A teacher shouldn't be calling a student at 3 a.m. and chatting for an hour," said Condon, who just finished his second year in the post, which was created in 1990. "It's hard to say that teacher was helping the student with arithmetic." During the 2003-04 school year, Condon's office confirmed 166 cases of employee wrongdoing, exposing 260 bad apples for everything from sex-related offenses to forged time sheets. Seven employees were arrested. At least four categories experienced double-digit increases, including financial irregularities and conflict of interest. Condon urged Chancellor Joel Klein to fire or bring disciplinary action against most of the accused. Originally published on August 3, 2004 |
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