We need your help in keeping Jesse Owens Community Academy at 12450 South State Street, Chicago , Illinois open. We want to remain open as a seperate and autonomous academic institution. Jesse Owens Community Academy provides a safe, nurturing and developmentally appropriate setting for Pre-Kindergarten through Third Grade students it services.

Our petition is about the school giving us a graduation since we're in the fifth grade and our teacher said we can't.

I find our school bathrooms quite hazardous because of the lack of cleanliness. We all know that our school bathrooms could use a lot more attention but one thing we can change right now is adding seat protectors to the stalls.

Gov. Scot Walker wants to give money to Private and Voucher Schools. He has cut spending on our Public Schools, then froze taxes so they are struggling.

Due to so many kids have taken their lives because of bullies. It appears that is a break down in parental involvement and up-bringing of young people. Parents need to be held responsible for his/her child actions.

There is an annual limit on the interest on college loans you are allowed to declare on your tax returns (based on income). I personally pay a college loan balance of over $90,000 for a loan taken for my son a number of years ago. The interest on this balance is approximately $6500 a year of which I can only declare about $2500. I am recommending that the IRS increase the allowable interest that can be deducted each year for seniors age 65 and over paying for college loans to provide some cash-flow relief given many at this point have fixed incomes. My son is not in a position to assume or provide loan support.

Petition Background Adult Education plays a vital role in the Azusa community. Since 1928 the Azusa Adult School provides a wide range of learning opportunities that meet the needs of the community’s diverse population. In today’s suffering economy taking away these valuable educational opportunities and resources just doesn’t make any sense. Please add your name to the "SAVE THE AZUSA ADULT SCHOOL" petition. The adult education funding issue is bigger than Azusa and rebuilding a school system after it was shut down will be hugely expensive...

The JOLT program is a program held every year at NMSU collage. JOLT is for high school students to learn what the law enforcement lifestyle is like.

I am personally impacted because I am a Minister in the Community and many kids are mentally challenged, disabled, austistic need to be helped. These kids are vulnerable. There should be no cuts to any of the program affecting these kids in our State--CT

I am a senior entitled to free audit classes at our state community college. I have tried to take classes that will enhance my employability. But after two semesters, I gave up because the cost of textbooks is just horrendous. I have tried buying used books but it turned out that they are practically useless because the textbooks have key CD-ROM discs that allow the student to access online assignments and information. The publishers' websites require that the book be registered and owners of used or hand-me-down textbooks are not allowed to register. Some professors seem to be in cahoots with the publishers of such books as their assignments are almost always exclusively accessible on the website of the publishers. After calculating the costs of the textbooks of my son, I found out that according to the semester and subjects enrolled, they easily equal or often even surpass the cost of tuition in a community college.

In the past few years I have seen the quality of my children's education deteriorate as teachers and administrators try to cram more and more test prep into the school day in an effort to increase test scores. This test prep eats up valuable instruction time that could be used to teach our children skills they will actually need for college and career readiness like how to organize and write a good essay and how to evaluate information sources. Not only does the testing system provide a fundamentally flawed assessment of our schools but it also stifles teacher's creativity, essentially forcing them to teach to the test.

Wheelock School is the centerpiece and anchor of the southeast Keene neighborhood. The Keene School Board is considering plans which include closing Wheelock School. This would have a devastating affect on our neighborhood, and the families that live here. Tell the Keene School Board to keep Wheelock open!