The goal of ParentAdvocates.org
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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Stories & Grievances
Segregation in New York City: Mostly 'White' Public Schools Get Textbooks, While Minority-Dominated Schools Don't.
You can keep pulling that rabbit out of the hat...but it's still a rabbit.
Anyone who has spoken with parents whose children are attending some of New York City's poorest and failing schools, as parentadvocates has for the past four years, knows that our students are grouped according to the color of their skin, and treated accordingly. If you are African-American, Hispanic, Indian, or any other minority, most likely you or your children attend schools without toilet paper, decent desks and chairs, and textbooks. You see only xeroxed copies of articles or books, while your 'white' friend gets the book itself, with extra copies in the library should he or she need it.
Oh yes - in addition, the New York City Department of Education never got copyright clearance to xerox the copies! Mr. Klein, we are amazed. We saw this first hand at Booker T. Washington Middle School 54 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In fact, a few days after the report below was released by Mr. Stringer, I and an African-American parent spoke with Jason Haber, one of the writers of the textbook report, and told him about the huge gap between what the Delta (mostly white) children received at the school as opposed to what the 'other' parents in the NOVA, El Camino, and Manhattan Valley Programs did. Parents in the NOVA Program were told that they would not be getting textbooks because "the children didn't do their homework, anyway." Mr. Stringer did nothing to help these children after we asked him to at least provide some textbooks. The report was, however, well-done. Betsy Combier READING IS FUNDAMENTAL: A REPORT BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER SCOTT STRINGER ON THE TEXTBOOK CRISIS FACING OUR SCHOOLS |
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