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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Current Events
NYC Public High School Students are Playing Hooky From Their Schools; A Sign of Neglected Needs?
More high school students across New York City are not attending class than last year. Is this because they do not want to attend schools falling apart before their eyes? We need to know why these kids are staying away.
CITY SCHOOLS ARE 1 BIG HOOKY HIGH
By DAVID ANDREATTA , NY POST, November 3, 2004 November 3, 2004 -- The holiday season is just around the corner, but thousands of high-school teens are already taking their vacation, new attendance figures obtained by The Post show. During the first six weeks of classes, more than 20 percent of students were absent from 70 high schools - nearly one-third of all high schools - on any given day, according to the city Department of Education. More than a quarter of students were not in their seats at 38 of those schools between Sept. 13 and Oct. 30, and 13 schools were missing one-third of their students. Overall, attendance at all city high schools hovered around 85 percent, roughly the same percentage as last year, education officials say. But attendance rates at schools with long histories of no-show students worsened from over the same period a year earlier, the data show. For instance, only half the students enrolled at troubled Taft HS in The Bronx made it to class, compared with 53 percent the year before. At Roosevelt HS in The Bronx, 54 percent of students showed up, compared to 61 percent last year. Students at Morris HS in The Bronx were in class 56 percent of the time, down from 65 percent the previous year. Each of these schools is being phased out because of poor performance. Of the 13 schools where 30 percent or more of students were AWOL, six are in The Bronx, five in Brooklyn and two in Manhattan. Michele Cahill, the DOE's senior counselor on education policy, attributed the high absentee rate to a new policy that allows chronic no-show students to stay on the school register without being kicked out. Until early this year, schools often automatically discharged students, age 17 and over, who missed 20 consecutive days of class. The discharge practice, reversed by a lawsuit, boosted schools' graduation rates, but left struggling students with nowhere to turn. Now schools must offer help to these students. "What we're seeing at schools with traditionally high dropout rates are fewer dropouts and lower attendance," Cahill said. The latest figures show dramatic improvement at some schools and disturbing trends at others. Attendance at the New School for Arts and Science in The Bronx increased to 75 percent from 68 percent over the same period last year. But attendance plummeted at Harvey Milk HS in Manhattan. The school, which caters to victimized gay teens and has 451 students on its roll, saw attendance drop to 73 percent from a stellar 99.8 percent. |
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