In the News Carrol ISD mismanagement of funds A Houston law firm has paid DISD Superintendent Mike Moses tens of thousands of dollars in consulting fees while simultaneously billing the district for more than $700,000 in legal fees, The Dallas Morning News has learned We're Taking Notes on Waste and Abuse in the Public Schools!  Click Here

Ronald Reagan, National PTA in 1983.... "I believe common sense tells us we don't have an education problem because we're not spending enough, we have an education problem because we're not getting our money's worth for what we spend.  Now, there are some areas such as teachers' salaries where new incentives are clearly needed for better pay.   This can be done at the State and local level. But there are many more areas where the agenda for excellence is not spelled "more spending," but "better learning."

What Is The Educators Witness Protection Program?   Parents, teachers and taxpayers are saying ENOUGH to wasteful spending on school finance.    There are many education employees who have seen the wasteful spending and education curriculum controlled by the powerful education lobbies resulting in less pay for teachers and “dumbed down” education for children.  These observations and ideas could be invaluable information for legislators in the anticipated upcoming Special Session on school finance.   However, educators are fearful to speak out for fear of retaliation by administrators and powerful education unions.  We want to provide a vehicle for those education employees to anonymously report their ideas and their observations -- so we are establishing the Educator Witness Protection Program.    Only about 50 cents on every dollar actually goes to classroom instruction.  Texas ranked second among 50 states in total public education expenditures for 2002-03, spending $40.7 billion on education or $10,400 per student yet we still are not seeing improvements in student performance. Though the education bureaucracy constantly demands more money and wants less parental involvement, until we make fundamental changes, we will continue with the status quo.  More money won't solve the problem.  We need help from the education community to break the destructive cycle of putting more and more money into wasteful SPENDING and less and less money into the classroom.   Often, teachers leave the classroom to go into administrative positions so they can make more money.  That is just plain wrong!  Good teachers should receive more compensation than administrators! If you are an educator or know educators who want more money in the classroom, and less money wasted, but who fear retaliation if they speak out, contact us at help@educatorswitnessprotectionprogram.com   We will not ask for names or other personal information and will assure anonymity.

Only about 50 cents on every dollar actually goes to classroom instruction Parents, Taxpayers and Teachers are saying ENOUGH! We want more education for our dollars before we put more dollars into Education

Educators Witness Protection Program Protecting those who raise and educate our children while exposing waste and corruption in the education system A special project of Americans for Prosperity      Foundation Parents, Teachers and Taxpayers