Penn State University freshmen this year will be required to read Russell Gold’s pro-fracking book, "The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World", as part of the school’s Penn State Reads program. They’ll even be able to win cash prizes for the essays they write on what they’ve learned! Then, in mid-October, Mr. Gold will spend a few days on campus to speak with students and lecture. Penn State University is nothing if not loyal to the fracking industry! Please sign and share our petition calling on Penn State to do a whole lot better by their students by scrapping "The Boom" from its reading program and breaking ties with the fossil fuels industry for good!

Despite this issue being around for years, the State Department of Education has no realistic plan for heat abatement in all schools, and the Legislature only funded $3 million dollars to address the problem in this year's budget.

My daughter is an attendee of Community School of Creative Education in Oakland, California and witnesses the prostitution and johns on a daily basis. A child should be able to attend school in a clean, calm, positive and safe environment with surroundings of serenity. Seeing prostitutes dressed provocatively stationed at every street corner within a 1-mile radius every day manipulates our small children and older children growing into their adolescence is unacceptable. Witnessing such negativity on an everyday basis will lead our children to believe that prostitution is acceptable and something that is okay to partake in.

Adult education is just as important as educating K-12th grades. It all starts with the parents. Why not see that the parents are getting what they need to help their children? Why don't we recognize the importance of supporting adults as they work to help their children reach their educational goals?

My Son, Ravi Thackurdeen, died a 100% preventable death on study abroad. Since Ravi's death, via the Internet, I have learned of many other study abroad deaths, and have met their bereaved families: Thomas Plotkin, Elizabeth Brenner's son; Zoe Damon, Noelle Damon's daughter; Joshua Shane, Mindy Shane's son; Aron Sobel, Rochelle Sobel's son. I have also met families and students scarred for life, father O. Munn's daughter' Cara, students R. Richardson, R. Paneno, R. DeMello. Drownings, falls, fires, inadequately treated illnesses, motor vehicle accidents, murder, drugging, kidnapping and more--these are the ways our students can die during study abroad. One or two days of news coverage, and these students "disappear." No one knows how many students have died on study abroad because no one counts the dead and injured. Study Abroad is an unregulated industry, which is increasingly a higher education requirement for which schools may receive federal funds. Yet, these same schools do not share safety information from prior programs. Bereaved families understand the importance of comprehensive and transparent safety data from the study abroad industry. We are coming together in support of "The Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act." We believe that, with comprehensive and transparent safety information, students and parents can make truly informed educational decisions. We also believe that knowledge of previous deaths and injuries is the foundation of fatality prevention. With this information, academic researchers can determine patterns, and thus achieve a science-based approach to structuring safer programs. My Family and I Support H.R. 3551 The Safe Student Student Abroad Act!

Hello, My name is Shannon Guy, This petition is created to help Sojourner Douglass College to gain their accreditation back and re-open for student enrollment. This college has touched many lives, especially the lives of students in the urban communities for over 40 years. With your signature, we can work towards keeping another predominately Black College open. This college has touched many lives including mine and their Scholarship program has helped many students that live in the low-income communities. The structure of their degree plans, schedules, and locations were very convenient for working adults. And if there was a problem with child care, Sojourner Douglass College offered those services as well, eliminating barriers to education. The staff was very pleasent and informal, and I am praying that we all will have the chance to meet them again. Please sign this petition helping us obtain our accreditation back. I say "us" because Sojourner Douglass wasn't just a college to me, it was home. They played a special role in my community which made me feel a part of their family. Please everyone, let's keep the legacy going! We need education; we need Sojourner Douglass College! Thank you for all your support. Your signature will touch many lives. Thank you.

Students on Staten Island need to learn about health and wellness and the scientific discoveries needed to create an energy efficient and sustainable environment. I am personally engaged in this project as a former Staten Island resident and a current teacher of children in a high needs school in Harlem. My mission is to improve scientific knowledge and discovery for poor urban children who have diverse learning needs, and for children living under emotional distress. It's time to use the taxpayers' money for schools that represent the needs of the community. We are the first organization to begin a health and wellness and recycling program as a community group trying to get the school launched as a K-5 school. We will begin the school with a K and 1 program in year 1. Hopefully year 1 will be now!

The University of Akron is being mismanaged. As a teacher, I have seen academics take a backseat to other special interests including construction, athletics programs, and the propagation of a severely bloated administrative hierarchy.

Black lives matter in social studies education!

As one of the leaders for the homeless society I hear so many stories of dysfunction in the families since their childhood that we need to rear our children with respect to honoring GOD for the future.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Tell the Governor to RECONSIDER his Conditional Veto of Senator Raymond J. Lensiak's legislation S-2058/A-3738. This legislation authorizes establishment of three pilot recovery alternative high schools that provide high school education and substance dependency plan of recovery to test the effectiveness of this model. The Governor's Conditional Veto makes it virtually impossible for New Jersey to embrace Recovery Schools for children suffering from drugs and alcohol use. What this Veto does is place the burden back onto the shoulders of already over-burdened school districts. The decision lacks the courage so desperately needed right now in the face of a horrific epidemic sweeping New Jersey and stealing the lives of our youth. The legislation currently includes essential elements and includes the national framework for Recovery High School's set forth by the Association of Recovery Schools (ARS). We must have this specific framework in place to make EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE Recovery High Schools a reality in New Jersey. As a young woman in long-term recovery myself, I know how important it is to support youth recovery. If we want to stem the viscous cycle of addiction we must not only put money towards prevention and treatment, we must also support recovery. Mariel Harrison

We feel that the new 2015-2016 school transportation policy is creating an unfair and unnecessary burden for families with non-traditional custody arrangements, as well as for families with non traditional work schedules. Under the current policy instituted for the 2015-2016 school year, each child will only be given one location to be picked up and dropped off from for the entire school year. While we understand that the previous policy may have been too lenient, creating difficulty in planning bus routes and creating a safe transportation option for all students, we also feel that this current policy lacks flexibility for families and children with non traditional living conditions (such as the ones listed above). This petition will be presented on August 17, 2015 (regular scheduled School Board meeting) to the Cameron R1 School Board, on behalf of those who signed . PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN WITH FULL NAME. (Thank you)