The Price of Leadership Author:Ellyn Lerner, Ph.D. A Lesson in Justice — Dr. Ellyn Lerner walked into her office at New Road School of New Jersey and was greeted by investigators from the Department of Criminal Justice. Summoned by a disgruntled former employee, they turned the place upside down, looking for evidence of financial wrongdoing. — Though they didn t find it, the attorney general s off... more »ice embarked on a four-and-a-half-year crusade against Ellyn Lerner and her company. They went after New Road s employees, its finances, even its contractors. Anything was fair game as the AG scrambled for evidence.
Faced with a lengthy, expensive legal battle that could ruin her schools, Ellyn had to make a choice: sacrifice herself to the legal system and face possible prison time or let everything she d worked for fall to ruin.
The Price of Leadership is a cold, hard and true look at American justice and how easily a respected citizen can be brought down by allegations and political agendas. This story exposes the real cost of standing up for what s right.« less