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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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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
Alan Bersin Is Hired as California Education Secretary After Being Ousted as Head of San Diego's School District
School superintendents are a lot like baseball managers,'' Senate leader Don Perata, D-Oakland, said. ``They are unsuccessful in one place and they pop up elsewhere." Can't we stop recycing inappropriate people from continuously popping up in our school systems?
New secretary of education expected today
EX-SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS CHIEF FAVORED By Andrew LaMar and Kate Folmar, April 29, 2005 Mercury News Sacramento Bureau LINK SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected today to name a San Diego school superintendent who served in the Clinton administration as his new education secretary. Alan Bersin, a Harvard-educated Rhodes scholar who was ousted as head of the San Diego Unified School District earlier this year after infuriating teachers, is the governor's choice, sources familiar with the decision told the Mercury News on Thursday. Schwarzenegger has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference in Los Angeles to make the announcement. ``He's forward-looking and very, very smart, and he's a Democrat with good political ties,'' said former state Sen. Dede Alpert, a San Diego Democrat. ``This is a wise choice.'' The administration would not comment on the selection until it was made public. Lawmakers and education advocates who heard Bersin was a leading candidate were waiting to see whether Schwarzenegger would stick with the choice or make one of his last-minute Hollywood changes of mind. Bersin will take over for former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, a close friend of the Republican governor's whose resignation was announced Wednesday. A philanthropist known for his verbal gaffes, Riordan was seen as ineffective and adrift as Schwarzenegger struggled to sell education changes that include basing teacher pay on merit rather than seniority. Riordan appeared to be an awkward fit for the administration and was isolated from many major education decisions. In contrast, Bersin is known as a hands-on manager who built a reputation as a tough and no-nonsense schools chief. As superintendent, he pushed teacher training, demoted poor-performing principals and launched an academic program emphasizing literacy and math skills, according to San Diego news reports. Test scores improved, and Bersin succeeded in persuading voters to pass a $1.5 billion bond measure to repair and build schools. But Bersin also upset teachers and their union by laying off hundreds of teacher assistants. The teachers in turn campaigned to elect new school trustees who in January cut Bersin's contract short. Senate leader Don Perata, D-Oakland, said he hopes the appointment will foster bipartisan cooperation but is concerned about Bersin's track record. ``School superintendents are a lot like baseball managers,'' Perata said. ``They are unsuccessful in one place and they pop up elsewhere.'' Mercury News Staff Writer Dion Nissenbaum contributed to this story. Contact Andrew LaMar at alamar@cctimes.com or (916) 441-2101. The San Diego, California, Blueprint For Success is Dead |
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