We, the parents of our NJ children, stand united to protect our public schools.

We pay taxes for our kids' hot lunches and I am eligible being under poverty level, but the lunches are so unhealthy. My son has food allergies and this puts our family at an unfair disadvantage. We need whole foods in our lunches--food without additives!

We are asking for City College of San Francisco (CCSF) & the Visual Media Design (VMD) department to upgrade the curriculum for the Multimedia Program - specifically Front End Web Design, User Experience (UX)/Interaction Design and Mobile Design programs so graduates can be job-ready in the current, competitive job market. I am a student at CCSF and I am attempting to change careers into the local tech industry. After taking many classes at CCSF in the VMD department and then talking to industry professionals, I realized I am not able to meet their standards for hire yet. I want to have the curriculum updated to meet the demands of the changing job market. We need classes such as; • Analytics/Quantitative Research (and Advanced), • UX 2/Advanced UX, • UX Tools/Software, • Advanced Social Media, • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), • User Interface (UI), • Swift, • Coding for Design, • Qualitative Research, • Rapid Prototyping (Analog and Digital), • Storytelling Using Animation for Interfaces, • Ethnographic Studies for UX, • Designing for Accessibility, • Designing for Internationalization and Localization.

Access to educational equality should be mandatory in the United States. Students should not be assessed by their ability to perform on a standardized test and should rather be measured by their performance throughout the year. Teacher's ability to teach should not be determined by a child's ability to perform on one test. By signing this petition, you help teachers, students, and parents focus on a child's overall success and assist with the promotion of educational equality.

The parents of the School Readiness program in Sutter County are concerned about the Children and Families Commission not making a decision based on what parents want with First Five Money. We are concerned with the commission not following the bi-laws by not letting the commission vote on the discussion to continue to fund School Readiness.

I care about my state. The governor is methodically harming all sectors of Illinois citizens who are unable to benefit from the perks he is providing to the top 1% in the state, as he dismantles the programs that help those who are truly vulnerable.

Private educational institutions have steadily purchased income producing land and turning it into land that a.)Produces no tax revenue for the state, b)Provides little or no tax revenue to the City of Providence, c)Uses costly public services such as police, fire and rescue, that are supported by taxpayers and d)Provides no service to city or state residents. Their increasing wealth and sprawling expansion is occurring at the expense of local businesses and individual taxpayers, and is eliminating the potential for the state to have a viable economy which attracts private, tax producing businesses and residents. The petitioners seek to reclaim land, by eminent domain, from colleges and universities as-needed, to turn the land into assets that fund the state's continued growth and make it a viable place to live.

My son my daughter and I have all benefited from the excellent education provided by the University of Illinois. Governor Bruce Rauner has now proposed a $387 million cut to all public universities in the state of Illinois. With the state’s consistent failure to adequately fund public higher education, this 31.5% proposed cut threatens access to the quality education our public universities offer. Our students, our state, and our universities cannot afford any more cuts.

The citizens of Louisiana are tired of the cuts to higher education funding. Governor Bobby Jindal recently proposed a $608 million reduction in higher education funding in Louisiana. That amounts to roughly 80 percent of the operating budget of the University of Louisiana System. These cuts to higher education funding in Louisiana are a shameful attempt to temporarily the larger budget problems in Louisiana. The middle class will have to take up the slack so Jindal can avoid tax cuts and major budget overhauls while he attempts a presidential bid. Legislators: Do not stand by and let higher education be set back a generation! That’s what we are looking at here. It is not up to the governor; it is up to you! Step up for a change. Commit to RESTORING funds to higher ed; NOT taking more from them and setting them back for another twenty years. All of you out there that feel this way: Send this to your representative and senator, call your representative and senator, pledge to vote them out if they continue to significantly harm higher education. For further reading, check out: http://louisianavoice.com/2012/05/31/louisiana-is-following-trend-of-taking-state-out-of-state-colleges-in-slow-move-to-privatization-of-higher-education/ http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/k-12/2014/09/15/louisiana-ranks-poorly-national-education-assessment/15694709/ http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/04/lsu_scaling_back_faculty_hires.html#incart_most-read_education_article http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/lsu_academic_bankruptcy.html#incart_story_package http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/how-bobby-jindal-wrecked-louisiana/

I am a student at Louisiana State University Eunice, and I see firsthand the struggles of all college students around the state. Tuition will go up and some majors are being dropped. Everyone deserves a chance at a college degree. With these proposed cuts, Gov. Jindal is basically saying that he does not care about colleges in Louisiana. Show him that we care. Sign this petition and show your support for higher education in Louisiana.

I am tired of hearing about Governor Bobby Jindal slashing the budgets of what really matters, like Education and Health Care, for the state of Louisiana. I am tired of his traveling across the US to promote himself as the next President of the United States prospect. I want to tell our sad excuse of a Governor that we demand better for not just our kids, but also for the state of Louisiana as a whole. Education will bring back the state from the brink of whatever cliff he's trying to run us all over. Education is the background to success. And Louisiana as a whole needs a little more success and a lot less chopping away at the Educational system.

A college education is still the primary pathway to the middle class, yet the average college graduate leaves school with nearly $30,000 in debt. And for students who don’t graduate, even small amounts of debt can be insurmountable. It wasn’t always this way. Just 25 years ago, if a student wanted to attain a bachelor’s degree, it was more likely than not that he or she would be able to do so without borrowing money to pay for it. Now, due to disinvestment in education, borrowing is nearly always required to pay for a four-year degree, particularly for low- and middle-income students. Reversing this trend will require the federal government and states to work together to make college more affordable and return it to the debt-free promise it once was. A federal-state partnership, like the one proposed in the new resolution, would alleviate the student debt burden and address many of the contributing factors of rising college costs.