The Ethical Community Charter School Foundation was incorporated in 2001 for the purpose of conceiving, planning, and offering a kind of public education heretofore not available to inner city children. Our efforts have resulted in the creation of two public charter schools, The Ethical Community Charter School - New York and The Ethical Community Charter School - Jersey City.
Our schools are safe and caring communities where ethics, service, and social justice are principles informing every aspect of school life; where teachers lead and collaborate with students in a culture of rigorous academics and mutual respect; where analytic thinking and creativity are prized over rote learning. Our program is designed to help children become individuals of integrity, insight, autonomy - and socially productive citizens, workers, leaders.
Our schools, each with its own board of trustees and school leadership, share the same educational and ethics-based philosophy.
Please visit teccs-ny for information about The Ethical Community Charter School-New York, located at 700 Park Avenue in Brooklyn, and teccs-jc for information about The Ethical Community Charter School-Jersey City, located at 95 Broadway in that city.
For information about the Foundation itself, please contact:
Dr. Judith D. Wallach
101 Central Park West, 1A
New York, NY 10023-4250
You may e-mail her at
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Board of Directors
STEVEN MARK HALPERN is on the Board of the Dreitzer Foundation, supporting a variety of arts, educational, and social service institutions. He has extensive international and domestic experience in operations and financial management. This includes management of: banking support functions; strategic deployment of technology; systems development; financial control and a wide breadth of both staff and line positions in dynamic environments. He is an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank and Head of Strategic Investments for Macquarie Private Wealth within the Banking and Financial Services Group. Steve is responsible for the relationship management and value realization of the businesses with which Macquarie has formed strategic alliances, as well as for seeking out new opportunities. He has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance).
JEFFREY MEYER is an outstanding product of the New York public school program, from grade school to high school to college. He is President and CEO of Apple Direct Mail Services, Ltd., a firm he founded in 1979, that has grown to be one of the largest companies of its type in Manhattan. His company provides vital mailing, distribution, and printing services to companies ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small, independent firms. Along with his grasp of computer technologies, his experience in human resources and management techniques have proven invaluable to TECCS Foundation. Coupled with these attributes is his “give-back” attitude, demonstrated by his frequent service to and on behalf of not-for-profit organizations. He has served on the Executive Board and as Treasurer and Co-Chair of the Partnership for the Homeless.
DR. BOB KAUFMANN'S writings include a book published by Wm. Morrow. Articles by and about him have appeared in many national magazines and leading newspapers, covering such diverse topics as the ethics and intricacies of public stock underwritings, foreign policy, and marital relations. The National Newspaper Association named his the best column in the nation in the Variety of Topics category. He originated and developed the “Creative Games Laboratory,” designed to improve the thinking and learning processes of people of all ages. He served for two years on the board of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School and as interim Senior Leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. His doctorate, in psychology, focused on human behavior. He taught self-hypnosis for more than 60 years, and was one of the three convening members of the Biofeedback Society of California. In addition to his work in the corporate field (he headed three corporations of his own), he was Chairman of the Board of the Southern California Urban Coalition. He received a citation from the City of Pasadena for his race relations activity and is the recipient of a national award for Distinguished Community Service.
DR. JUDITH D. WALLACH is Chair of Palladia, Inc., a $40 million human services agency. She served on the Ethical Culture Fieldston School Board of Governors. Having graduated from ECFS, Dr. Wallach was inspired to “give forward” by providing children from families of modest means with the kind of superb education she was privileged to receive. She has a Masters of Science in Mathematics, a Masters in Education, and a Ph.D. in Psychology. She is certified as a Teacher in multiple educational disciplines as well as in Guidance in New York State. A professional Psychologist in Independent practice, she has been Senior Psychologist at Family Court Mental Health Services, Bronx and at City Hospital Center at Elmhurst; and Senior Supervising Psychologist, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York.