It was recently reported that more than 1,967 students under the age of six have been suspended from school - and that's just in the schools that have reported. The trend was extreme in a few charter schools like Achievement First Hartford Academy Elementary School, which reported 114 suspensions last school year out of a total school population of just 430 students. No child that young should be excluded from school. Such a punishment is inappropriate. We should be trying to help young children learn, not excluding them from the classroom. We need to make it clear that this practice is unacceptable and set an example for other schools. Demand that Achievement First Hartford stop suspending students so young!

Student debt and Elizabeth Warren's great idea to lower rates to equal what banks pay, until congress can figure it out....(ya know, because they are so busy protecting the wealthy, corporations and banks)!

me increases in funding not CUTS !!!!!!

Hackathons are a great way to cultivate innovation and inspire younger generations to learn how to code and solve real-world problems.

Most teachers in k-6 dont know how to teach with tech. this is appalling in 2013. Most schools have SmartBoards and some desctops or laptops, which are way outdated by the way, but teachers dont use them and some have admitted to me that they dont even know how to turn them on. learning today for k up is on tablets and smartphones with touch screens. we are far behind in implimenting tech in our classrooms. only parents can change things and our board of education is as outdated as our equipment.

Aloha My name is Destiny and I am currently a college student at University of Hawaii, Maui College. I have a loan that I took out when I was 17 years old that I need to pay back and I do not want the rates to be raised. Living in Hawaii, renting my own place and going to college is already difficult enough without the raise of rates. Please start a petition for your school or sign mine. Be the change that you want the world to see.

I worked as an adminstrator at a community college in Contra Costa County, California. The abuse of resources received from the federal and state the goverment is a crime. Faculty members and academic counselors, worked 22.5 hours a week, get pay for 40, Summer off with full time pay, if they work, they get pay overtime and like some executive managers, they only work about 5 months a year altogether. At the end of the day, the ones that suffer the most are the students, the community and the country as a whole. We Must Developed and Implement a MARSHAL PLAN FOR EDUCATION.

Our generation has been witness to an increasingly widening disparity between American socioeconomic groups. We believe that an equal opportunity to seek out higher level education is the most important tool to help close this gap. Doubling interest rates on subsidized Stafford Loans discriminates against need-based students, making paying for college an even more insurmountable task and excluding thousands of students from equitable education.

My Niece attends The Wright School Since 1963, Wright School has provided short-term, early intervention mental health services to North Carolina’s most troubled and troubling children with behavioral and emotional disabilities.

At the start of every school day, my daughter's teacher reminds her 4th grade class about the importance of making good choices. As concerned parents and community members, we're asking you to make a good choice by supporting Superintendent Green's proposed 2013-14 budget. For years, Guilford County Schools (GCS) has served a growing number of students without increased funding from the County--even as utilities and other expenses have skyrocketed. Anyone who has balanced a checkbook understands that this can't work for long without serious negative consequences for our students. Superintendent Green has made it clear that without full funding from the County Commissioners, students and families will feel deep cuts at all levels. You can make sure this doesn't happen. Please make a good choice for our students and our community by fully funding the proposed GCS budget.

Like me, you are probably also depending on loans to get your degree. Congress is considering options for dealing with the student loan program. Some of these would punish us for the budget deficit, other options, like Senator Warren's would give us a dependable, low-cost source for funding our education.

For the FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW, Republican members of the NC Senate have decided to play political games with the future of Wright School! The House and Gov. Cooper have funded the school in their budgets, so once again it comes down to the joint committee. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY! Visit www.savewrightschool.com to see how.