Today, more than 30,000 income eligible children, age birth to five, sit on a waitlist for childcare in Massachusetts. These children are deprived of the very pre-school preparation that is instrumental to lifting them out of poverty. And their parents struggle to make alternative arrangements so that they can work and put food on the table. Recently the Massachusetts legislature slashed more than $17 million from this program making the growth of the waitlist all but a certainty. At the same time, millionaires are benefiting from an overly generous film tax credit that in 2011 cost the State of Massachusetts more than $44 million while generating only $7 million in revenue and virtually no permanent positions.

This petition is about student loan waivers in Michigan. Students who graduate successfully should not have to repay government borrowed money with interest for college education. Please help by signing this petition, and passing it on today!

Reinstate Military Tuition Assistance (TA) and block the Armed Service Branches from any further suspension of TA.

I have no idea why Congress would be considering a devastating $6.9 billion cut to education funding — but we need your help need your help to stop it. These kind of cuts don't paint a pretty picture: Teacher layoffs, bigger class sizes, fewer aides for kids with special needs. Everyone deserves a fair shot in life, and that starts with a quality education. Yet, the House recently passed a budget which cuts billions in education funding, slashing the programs that education millions of kids here in the Bay State and across the country. The last thing we need to be doing now is cutting eduction. These cuts come on top of huge cuts that just went into effect when the Sequester cut education funding by $1.7 billion. These cuts will soon impact 1.2 million kids and take 30,000 teachers and staff out of schools. We need champions in Congress to fight back against Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Rand Paul and others who think we should slash education funding to the bone. I think that champion should be Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as a teacher and professor and someone who knows how to take a stand. Join us in calling on Sen. Warren to lead the charge against education cuts in Congress.

The future of America, be it economically, socially, culturally, is linked to education. Our biggest threat does not come from external sources, but from within. I would not be where I am today without the education I received from my parents and from mentoring teachers at critical milestones in my life.

Our children deserve better than what the state and city are providing. Schools need to be funded adequately to provide students with the best supports.

This budget amendment is a direct attack on the voting rights of students, and a threat to democracy in Ohio. We must act immediately and put pressure on Senate President Keith Faber to remove this amendment from the budget.

In the most vulnerable and low income communities in Los Angeles, California we are about to lose an important early child development program, Head Start. Kedren serves over 2,300 children every year by providing vital education, nutrition, and by empowering families to help change communities thanks to over 350 staff people.

We should stop the rush to fracking and focus on education. Our children's education should be our top priority and schools should not be closing more resources should be made available and it should be mandatory for parents to make sure their children are behaving in school

When Florida honor student Kiera Wilmont conducted an unsuccessful science experiment on school grounds, causing no injuries or destruction of property, the act ultimately resulted in her expulsion from school and felony charges. Such a ridiculous response to intellectual curiosity not only defies common sense but can potentially destroy the future of an otherwise stellar student. Such egregious examples of the school-to-prison pipeline run amok must be ended today. Justice for Kiera now!

According to the 2011/2012 SARC (School Accountability Report Card) for Bear Creek High School, African American students were 16.4% (approximately 317 students) of the total school enrollment of 1932 students. However, they received 640.5 days of suspension; more than a third of the 1,833.7 total days of suspension. AB420 is currently trying to amend Education Code Section 48900 as it relates to pupil discipline. Members of our legislature recognize how the overuse of 48900 (k)1 disproportionately impacts minority students.

Hello my name is Christina. I am a student currently enrolled in Central High school of Philadelphia, which is about to lose alot of teachers and funding for activites due to the upcoming budget cuts. We as students would like a representative from the school district to come to our school and discuss the financing on the serious issues that will affect the future of our education!