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Betsy Combier

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Email: betsy.combier@gmail.com

 
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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UFT and Parents Tell City Council Education Chair Eva Moskowitz What They Think About Union Work Rules
Nov. 20, 2003 City Hall Hearing on Work Rules: UFT is given Support
           by Jim Callahan

Council members heard about principals who are afraid to make referrals for violence-prone students because they say it will make then look bad at Tweed; about teachers being pummeled in overcrowded, out-of-control hallways; about staffing problems that are hampering the education of students with severe disabilities - and about teachers still not being paid.

"This is a scandal," intoned Greg Lundahl, chapter leader at Washington Irving HS, telling the committee of teachers being assaulted, attempted rape in the school and a teacher who was trampled the day before. "This is educational malfeasance. My teachers are becoming more and more demoralized. If the work rules are so strong, how come they don't protect us from being hurt?

 
© 2003 The E-Accountability Foundation