The suffering these animals endure to gain data that is for the most part inconclusive at best, is cruel unnecessary & barbaric. It is also funded with taxpayers dollars who HAVE NO SAY to thier ethical objection to these practices. SHAME ON YOU!!!

ubject: Post911 GI bill. The bill has served many active duty members and their dependents well. Unfortunately, the bill falls short of offering the retired veteran the same degree of appreciation. The current version of the bill prohibits veterans from transferring their educational benefit. In part, the law states that the transfer of benefits from individuals eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill to certain family members is allowed if you are currently a member of the Armed Forces (active duty or Selected Reserve) on or after August 1, 2009. This wording effectively eliminates the retiree from making the transfer. In the end, this prohibition is unnecessary and unfair to the veterans who have served and defended this great nation. This bill is permanently authorized and supported through mandatory funding. And it requires no additional appropriations for a retiree like me to hand the benefit to my child just as a service member. Recently, I read that the U.S. spent $34 million to build a facility in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan that will never be used. And more than $770 million was spent on aircrafts that the Afghan forces will never fly. Not to mention, the $350 million bridge to nowhere. I could go on giving examples like this. Nevertheless, people can’t understand how we can give so much aid to other countries and balk at allowing vets to transfer their earned benefit. Especially, since additional funds are not required. By allowing this transfer, thousands of our American children will have the opportunity to receive a college education. And without it, many will unnecessarily struggle to attend and even more will not be able to afford it. Who can be against that? All the while being in support of giving billions to other countries to feed and educate their children. The monies from the 3 examples above could have educated more children than what the mind could imagine. So, the questioned asked by all of us is why prohibit it? Congress modify the Post911 GI bill to read: “Veterans who qualify for the Post911 GI bill is allowed to transfer their educational benefit to their spouse or dependent children”. It is the only and the right thing to do.

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is about to take office. He has spoken out in support of so many fantastic education policies. We’re hopeful that as he starts to put his policies in place, he can work to lower the high stakes of the New York State tests for New York City students and teachers. We have put together this petition urging him to do just that. And we need your help to spread the word. Time is of the essence, as we anticipate many of the new educational policies that will ensue under this new administration will start to go into effect shortly following the transition. We believe that valid assessments used thoughtfully by teachers and schools can be extremely useful. But we also believe New York’s testing program – as currently designed and practiced in grades 3-8 – is not educationally sound and should not be used to make high stakes decisions for students, teachers, principals, or schools. While there are many things about the high stakes tests that we would eventually like to see changed, there are three specific aspects that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has direct control over and will be able to change: 1. Ending promotion tied to test scores 2. Ending middle and high school admissions tied exclusively to test scores 3. Ending school report cards based primarily on student test scores These changes won’t fix everything. But they’re a great start – and they represent changes Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio would be able to make himself. So join us in reaching out to him and urging him to help us lower the stakes surrounding testing in NYC… and lowering the weight they are currently placing on our teachers and our students by signing this petition.

Student loan debt is a big burden for those on fixed income.Some have co-signed for children and grandchildren. debt like this put seniors in risk of extreme poverty

The leadership of Eastern Michigan University (EMU) entered into an inter-local agreement that created the Education Achievement Authority (EAA). They did so in a manner that fostered assumptions that members of the education faculty at Eastern were actively engaged in the EAA -- misleading the citizens of the state; the professional educators of the state; AND the students of the University. The fact is EMU faculty were not invited to give input into such an arrangement or asked for our expertise as researchers and professionals in the complex and varied aspects of education (school administration, teacher development, and student achievement) as the EAA was established. To date, the faculty have been excluded from any direct participation in the creation or implementation of its policies, operating procedures, professional development, curricula or pedagogical practices, many of which the faculty find questionable at best. Furthermore, the faculty find the undermining of democratic processes represented in the creation of a district outside the purview of public decision-making and oversight to be in direct conflict with this university's mission and our legacy as a champion of public education. This violation of our principles is now beginning to affect our historically strong relationship with local schools. Thus, the faculty find Eastern Michigan University’s participation in the Education Achievement Authority unacceptable. These negative impacts on our reputation, our local relationships, our students and programs, the clear effect on enrollments and thus revenue to the university are a repudiation of Eastern Michigan University’s legacy as a champion of public education and a leader in the preparation of educational professionals. The faculty implores you to remedy this situation as quickly as possible by unanimously voting to withdraw from the contract creating the Education Achievement Authority.

Our children's education should be our top priority. Schools need funding. The lottery was intended to support schools. Let's honor that intention. The last weekend of every month; all lottery funds generated are distributed between all California Public Schools. Schools are required to use funding for Common Core implementation.

School district policies have protections in place for bullying for students, however, there are no mandates to protect public school employees from administrative and workplace bullying. Need to create language in school Ed Code and mandates to insure civil protections for all.

I am bringing this petition to the school board because there is a lice problem at Gibraltar that won't end. My daughter has come home with lice four times in the last two school years. We need a new policy to keep lice from spreading, including lice checks. There are several parents that won't send their kids on the bus anymore because of the lice problem. Parents would like Gibraltar to put a policy in place that will help put an end to this problem.

To help students, parents, teacher's, and staff come together to problem solve the growing number of bullying incidents and fights that are breaking out on school grounds, by text, or by social media.

The Army JROTC program at East High School was the first one ever in Utah. This battalion has been a strong and functioning unit for over 100 years. This program is a major service to the larger community surrounding East High. It helps troubled kids get back on track for a better future. It helps people who are already on a good track stay on a good track. It is meant to show people how to be better citizens; on the whole, it is meant to build stronger connections, stronger people, and to make a positive change in this world. Dr. Sagers, our school principal, wants to dismiss this program because we are "a drain on funds." The cadets of the Leopard Battalion believe that through the hard efforts of our motivated cadets and supporters funds can be found. The cadets of this fine unit thank you for your support. We hope that we can keep our unit from being dismantled this coming January. Please help. - East High JROTC

This bill would further damage school funding in PA. This bill creates a private authorizer system and it allows some charters to escape local oversight through consolidation. Higher education institutions would be able to decide to approve a charter school and communities would still be responsible for paying for them - so taxpayers would have all of the responsibility and none of the say. The state would oversee consolidated charters, but state enforcement has been weak. It also eliminates reasonable enrollment limits, which allow communities to plan and determine how best to meet their community's educational needs and how tax dollars will be used! Oppose SB 1085 today!

Let's be the first and best State for Education, flip the current status. Identify Top Teachers with the help of the Students, the beholders. The first State to make STUDENT INPUT a component.Then disperse our Top Teachers equally throughout the State and change the culture in every school.