California has a proud history of state-funded public education. It's all about access -- affordable public education has allowed men and women from low-income and working class backgrounds to secure a quality education. Affordable public education is not only a right but an opportunity for greater social change. Raising tuition rates 5% each year puts unfair strain on students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. These hikes will transform our public university system from a public good for everyone into a privilege for only those who can afford it. Our students deserve better than to shoulder the burden of poor public policy and state divestment from higher education. Our state schools need state support, not tuition hikes. Join me in demanding an ending to the 5% tuition hikes every year for the University of California system.

OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY IS AT RISK! IT IS CRITICAL FOR NEIGHBORHOODS BELOW TO SIGN THIS PETITION! (Chatham, Darien Park, Hawkins Cove, Grand Veridian, New Haven Walk, Whitehall, Windsor, and Windsor Forest/Bent Grass) Fulton County Schools has started the process of evaluating redistricting options for North Fulton County. In November, they released 3 potential maps and only one of these options is acceptable to most residents in the Houze Way / Houze Rd corridor. Plan B places our children at either Hembree Springs or Sweet Apple Elementary (depending on neighborhood), both excellent and the closest schools safely nestled AWAY FROM the dangerous, high traffic boundaries of Crossville Rd, Alpharetta Highway, and Mansell Rd. Plan A would place our children at Roswell North Elementary and Plan C would place them at Mimosa Elementary. We believe that Plan B provides our children the best education at their closest and safest school, providing the least issues in terms of instructional capacity. We urge our neighbors to sign the petition to ensure that our voices are heard when the final draft proposal for redistricting is made public on December 10.

Public schools are part of the foundation of our nation and its society. While profiteers have filled our airwaves, store shelves, bellies, and medicine cabinets with useless to evil trinkets and crap like the Kardashians (and Honey Boo-Boo), public schools prepared young people to become smart citizens and capable workers. Unfortunately, the market has advanced the evils, sent jobs and opportunities overseas, and the very wealthy few have laughed all the way to the bank and turned upon schools--hoping to repurpose them into cost efficient factories for future cheap labor. It's time to take back democracy.

Our children's well-being and education is our top priority and forcing them to change school districts based on perceived tax savings is not acceptable. We are more than satisfied with our children's educational opportunities and positive relationships with teachers, coaches, classmates, and support staff. We live in Dover School District because we chose to live here; we want to raise our children in their HOME community of Dover, PA.

Many years ago, tuition for universities of California was extremely low, costing only $4,500 a year. Now tuition has risen all the way through the roof. By the year of 2019, UC students will have to pay $15-$20,000 a year. If we do not help the rise of tuition now, future students AND parents will be suffering from the high costs. California's education should be open to everyone, not just those who can afford it. SIGN FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NOT UNIVERSITY OF THE WEALTHY OF CALIFORNIA.

Moving our Coats-Erwin kids to Dunn Middle to settle overcrowding. This is a short term solution and will not help the problem. We need more schools or other solutions. Please sign my petition if you live in Coats, Erwin, Buies Creek or Dunn and if you are 18 and older.

To garner support for an elected school board

Our children are at risk for being targets from predators on the internet. We need to be sure they are getting educated in every way possible to prevent harm coming to them. Our children are our future and they need to be given the tools to navigate the quickly changing internet safely.

In Baltimore, 36.5 percent of people live below the poverty line. That’s $23,492 in annual income for a family of four, according to the 2012 Census Bureau American Community Survey. Linda Darling-Hammond, professor of education at Stanford University and architect of Stanford’s School Redesign Network, argues that socioeconomic status usually accounts for 50-60 percent of overall achievement in schools, while individual teachers may account for only about 7-10 percent. Darling-Hammond also points out that factors related to housing, nutrition, violence and gang-related activity, transportation, and a host of other obstacles communities face affect students’ educational experience as well. Community schools work to address some of these obstacles and have proven successful in providing meals, medical services, home visits and academic opportunities that go beyond the classroom. Increasing and expanding funding will help continue the great work started in the 47 existing community schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools district and help provide all Baltimore’s children the opportunity to succeed. Show your support for Baltimore’s community schools. Sign the petition below.

My fellow professors wages are being cut because our administration does not value instruction. Only CONSTRUCTION.

In spite of recent improvements, including the new school funding formula and increased funding for early childhood education, which represent a tremendous step forward, we've dropped to 50th in per-student funding (cost of living adjusted) and our underfunded schools remain at the bottom in academic outcomes/performance. The upcoming session represents an opportunity for our legislators to take the next step.

The University of California is on a collision course with the future. They’ve threatened to raise tuition if the state refuses to give the system additional taxpayer funds, and it’s flat out wrong. The UC’s ultimatum violates their tuition-freeze agreement negotiated only a few years ago in exchange for more state funding. And it’s a demand that comes on the heels of their 20% salary increases for some of the system’s top earners. The UC’s go-to solution for budget challenges is to demand more money from students or taxpayers. They continue to ignore the difficult changes needed within the system to guarantee its long-term viability. The University of California should embark upon earnest and innovative attempts to reduce the university’s cost structure, and consider performance-based budgeting that promotes affordability and accessibility. Without change, the UC will continue demanding more condition-free money from taxpayers and students, hand over fist, year after year. It’s time to show UC system leadership that we won’t reward their bad behavior and we won’t accept the status quo. Sign our petition to the Board of Regents and join the fight!