We want to stop Robert Bishop from leaving the staff at Redford Union Schools! Please sign and share.

I am tired of Koch Industries influencing academic research and preventing honest learning in Kansas universities as well as universities and colleges across the United States. This includes donations to KU, KSU, FHSU, WSU and Bethel College. In addition to this they are major pollutors and the think tanks they support and have founded are used to undermine democracy in states across the U.S.

District 210 School Board Members, It has been brought to our attention by the administration and school board at Lincoln-Way School District 210, that due to a financial crisis within the district, closing Lincoln-Way North High school is a very real possibility. Closing Lincoln-Way North would have a devastating impact on the overall quality of life of the residents, students, business owners and tax payers in this district. Lincoln-Way North is operating at 70% capacity, the highest capacity percentage of all four high schools. Lincoln-Way North has the lowest operating costs per pupil of all four high schools. In addition, if Lincoln-Way North were to close, the roughly 1750 students that attend that school would go back to East which roughly has 2100 students enrolled and a capacity for 3750 students. This would leave Lincoln-Way East over capacity. You are probably aware that a $225,000,000.00 referendum was passed in 2006 mainly to relieve the overcrowding at Lincoln-Way East. Both Lincoln-Way North and Lincoln-Way East are nationally and state ranked schools for academics and have top state ranked extracurricular programs. Obviously, these achievements would be compromised if the two schools were forced to merge. Currently, Lincoln-Way Central has roughly 1900 students and a capacity for 3750 students and Lincoln-Way West has 1300 students with a capacity for 2500 students. We feel that the problem with enrollment numbers can be handled and should be handled at either Lincoln-Way Central or Lincoln-Way West. It appears that building Lincoln-Way West was premature and is currently not needed. A reason given for not closing Lincoln-Way West is that there is room for projected growth. We respectfully ask the powers that be, who they are looking out for: real people, real businesses, real students, real property values or projected people, businesses, students, and property values? The closing North option is not a reasonable or fair option and would disrupt the lives and financial well being of more families, students, business owners than any other area in the district. We ask that you please attend the School Board meeting on July 16th at 7:00pm at Lincoln-Way Central and fight to help us keep Lincoln-Way North open. Thank you very much for your time and efforts in this matter.

It's time for sustainable solutions to fund our public education system, not last resorts, like bankruptcy. There are many sensible and even promising solutions that have not been tried. We support the following reforms to ensure our children’s future. At the state level: Reinstate the 5% income tax that ended Jan. 2015, costing the state billions, or implement a fair tax structure Add a state sales tax on services to yield additional revenue Close corporate loopholes and end corporate subsidies Contribute toward Chicago teacher pensions At the city level: Immediately shut down TIF districts that no longer meet their original purpose of developing blighted areas Return at least $400 million of TIF surplus to taxing bodies this year Enact a corporate income tax Raise property taxes by a modest amount as a last resort At the CPS level: Stop spending on nonessential items and explore cutting contracts that we’ve shared (http://bit.ly/cpsbudget) Reduce central office departments such as Innovation/Incubation, Accountability, and Family and Community Engagement Stop charter expansion and selective enrollment high school expansion We look to your example of leadership and stewardship during this challenging time. Our children and our schools depend on you. Please act now to raise revenue.

While school lunch should be affordable, it shouldn't be something that children refuse to purchase and go hungry just because of how terrible school food is.

My children attend Rochester Community Schools, which has already been forced to cut 80 teachers due to budget constraints and burdens from Lansing. Bill 103 only adds additional and unnecessary burdens to school districts throughout the State of Michigan, which will negatively impact our children. Our children's education should be our top priority, and this Bill should be stopped.

Our school district has an opportunity to make the fresh start that we need and our students deserve. The news broke recently that Superintendent Mike Miles is resigning his post. As the Trustees begin the search for a replacement, we need them to hear the voices of all stakeholders. We need a superintendent who is committed to working with all stakeholders—parents, teachers and school employees, and members of our community. We need collaboration—not confrontation--to ensure that Dallas has safe, welcoming neighborhood public schools where students are inspired and educators are well-supported. The process for identifying and hiring a new superintendent must include the voices of those stakeholders. I urge you to take a moment to let your voice be heard. Please contact the Trustees and urge them to consider the following three points in the search for a new superintendent to lead our school district forward: 1) The process must be inclusive and transparent. Schools work best when all stakeholders are involved. The Dallas ISD Board should take the time and create space to get input from parents, educators and members of our community. 2) An independent search firm should be engaged. Efforts to identify a new superintendent should be broad and deliberate. 3) A broad-based Stakeholder Advisory Committee should participate in the search and interview finalists with the Trustees. The new superintendent should be someone who can build relationships with the full Dallas community. One good way to lay that foundation is to include an array of stakeholders and constituents in the selection process. At a minimum, the committee should have a place for educators, parents, business leaders, faith leaders and representatives of civic organizations. One model for how this works is already familiar to Dallas ISD; whenever a new principal is hired, a campus-wide committee is involved in the selection and interviewing of candidates. A fresh start for Dallas ISD means giving community stakeholders a seat at the table where our new superintendent is selected.

This petition is started to save our school by gathering signatures of supporters as we prepare for a potential Federal review of the Jacob's Report, the basis used by the State legislature in the bill appropriating gambling revenue to support school construction in Baltimore City. The fiscal note used no basis other than summarily closing 26 Baltimore City Schools.

We should celebrate Cami’s departure cautiously (and briefly). The fact is that the movement of students, parents, teachers and concerned residents has never been about the narrow goal of Cami’s resignation. The movement in Newark to reclaim our public schools has been about local democratic control, increasing the resources and funding needed to strengthen Newark’s public schools, developing community schools and ensuring a strong future for our children. Unless her permanent replacement is selected by the Newark community, and until Newark’s schools are properly funded, the movement to reclaim our public schools will continue. As we ready ourselves for the next phase of the fight to restore local control and invest in community schools, let’s find inspiration in the amazing work that has taken place so far. For the last three years, NJ Communities United and the Newark Students Union have fought together in solidarity, organizing more than a half-dozen massive student walk-outs, countless rallies and a week-long sit-in at Cami Anderson’s office. Following recent student walk-outs, both East Side and Weequahic are no longer on the list of turn-around schools. This demonstrates that the constant escalation and mobilization have forced the superintendent’s arm. The voices of the Newark Students Union, bolstered by technical and strategic organizing support from NJ Communities United, elevated the fight to protect Newark’s schools to national and international levels. The Newark Students Union and NJ Communities United will continue this fight – and we hope you will continue to stand with us!

Week after week, headlines about charter schools describe stolen money and bankruptcies that leave families scrambling to find new schools in the middle of the year. News reports about corruption and self-dealing in charter schools make it clear that there is little accountability for the people ripping off taxpayers. In the last two years, government watchdog groups have found hundreds of millions of dollars missing from the charter school sector due to fraud, self-dealing and mismanagement. Meanwhile, the Walton Family Foundation is spending hundreds of millions to promote the rapid expansion of charter schools with weak public oversight. That rapid expansion has made charter schools, originally a concept designed to benefit children, a business model that often serves students poorly while delivering making millions of dollars of taxpayer funds to charter school companies, family members, and related companies. Join us to tell the Walton Family Foundation that it’s time to start advocating for a charter schools accountability agenda that includes parental input into how the schools are run, and that protects taxpayers and students from companies that are just looking to cash in on public schools. The agenda calls for increased accountability (through open board meetings, publicly available budgets and contracts, and rigorous audits); protecting neighborhood schools (through impact analyses and financial assessments of the effects of charter expansion on local schools); and protecting taxpayer funds (by ensuring the public retains control of public property, banning nepotism, prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars on marketing and advertising, and blocking new charter schools where officials neglect to prevent fraud and mismanagement). This program for reform is the next step in protecting public education and preventing an increase in charter school corruption. Read The Charter School Accountability Agenda: http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/0215-Charter-School-Flyer.final_.pdf Read How the Walton Family Foundation’s Ideological Pursuit is Damaging Charter Schooling: http://cashinginonkids.com/?page_id=1520

Because there is a constant need for educational funding here in Oregon. This would be a way to help the cause.

A new study says the University of New Mexico pays female professors, on average, 13% less than men. Asked why, Provost Chaouki Abdallah says, "The most important reason for male professors [having higher average salaries] is that there are colleges and departments with higher salaries. For example, there are more male engineering professors. The lowest paid professors are where females are a majority such as education or the arts. The other reason is that females may delay careers or promotions because of family. Males will also negotiate for more money and females generally don’t." They can't be serious. UNM can - and should - do better. Tell them to honor the Fair Pay Act and pay female professors on par with men.