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
Click this button to share this site...
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 » ]
|
Stories & Grievances
Massachusetts Will Have a Database of Problem Teachers by Summer 2005
Schools want info on problem teachers
By Kevin Rothstein Thursday, March 17, 2005 LINK Massachusetts school superintendents want an online database of problem teachers created to help them keep predators out of the classroom. ``We're going through unbelievable numbers of hires and you can't check every single case by calling the DOE,'' said Tom Scott of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. ``To have a secure Web site with up-to-date information would go one step further in making sure everybody had quick, easy and direct access to that information.'' The superintendent group decided to take up the issue in the wake of a Herald series this month showing how criminal records or other allegations of misconduct have not always kept teachers out of classrooms. The state now mails a letter to every school superintendent when a teacher's license is revoked. Licenses of teachers under DOE investigation indicate they are under review. The DOE is planning to post names of teachers whose licenses have been revoked on the Web by the summer, spokeswoman Heidi Perlman said. But the DOE cannot reveal to superintendents details of accusations, Perlman said. ``We can say allegations have been made against this person,'' she said. Scott said superintendents are only asking for legally available information. But their proposal would further consolidate what is available. ``Anything that can be a more efficient, timely and more guaranteed manner of keeping informed would be to our advantage, so I think we would see this as a logical piece,'' he said. Massachusetts Teachers Association President Catherine A. Boudreau said superintendents ``should have easy access to the information they are legally entitled to about the applicant.'' But she said she had concerns about administrators being able to access information about unproven allegations. ``Privacy needs to be protected and superintendents also need as much information as they legally are entitled to to make the best decision, so that's kind of a tough one,'' she said. |
© 2003 The E-Accountability Foundation![]()
