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
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'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
Supplemental Educational Services (S.E.S.) are Thriving and No one is Regulating This New Industry
The tutoring providers are paid as much as $1,997 per child, but there is no oversight, and scarce data on quality. Everyone knows this is a recipe for disaster yet no one is doing anything about it. We dont wonder why.
April 27, 2005
Tutoring Aid Is of Concern at Hearing By SUSAN SAULNY, NY TIMES LINK WASHINGTON, April 26 - Lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday over the lack of information by which to judge the effectiveness of a federally financed tutoring program that is experiencing explosive growth under the No Child Left Behind law. At the first Congressional hearing on the three-year-old tutoring program, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce peppered witnesses with questions about the program, known as supplemental educational services. But there is little data on the new industry. "One of the major barriers in implementing S.E.S. properly has been the complexity - the uncertainty, the unknowns," said one witness, Jeffrey Cohen, the president of Catapult Learning, a company that tutors students in 35 states. "The potential of S.E.S. programs is exciting, and the last thing we need is a rush to judgment based on anecdotes and scarce data." This new brand of tutoring is offered to parents at no charge by private companies and other groups if their children attend a failing school. But it is virtually without regulation or oversight. Tutors are paid as much as $1,997 per child. Much of the questioning and commentary at the hearing focused on accountability and achievement: how to measure them and whether, ultimately, they are best judged by school districts, the states, the tutoring providers, the federal government or some combination of them. Elizabeth Swanson, the director of the Office of After School and Community Programs for the Chicago Public Schools, called for more local control of the tutoring programs. Mr. Cohen of Catapult Learning said that the marketplace would help drive out low-quality providers, and that local control would lead to more administrative burdens and higher costs. The two other witnesses were Donna Nola-Ganey, an official with the Louisiana Department of Education, and Kevin Peasley, president and founder of the nonprofit Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation. Representative George Miller of California, the ranking Democrat on the committee and a co-author of No Child Left Behind, said, "Someone has to take responsibility for having a well-administered program." Mr. Miller said later, "Either we're going to have to determine what a good system looks like to help some of these states get up and running or" - he paused briefly - "I don't know what the 'or' is." Supplementary Educational Services: Nonregulatory Guidance Tutors For Kids, Inc. SES From NY State Education Department School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services, Texas education Agency SES (Prepared for The Education Trust) September 2002 |
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