I am a public school teacher in Detroit. I have a degree in children with Cognitive Impairments. I was laid off because my principal (who was never in my room) gave me low grade on my bogus evaluation. Support teachers and stay out of our paychecks and our business.

The Lack of concern about the poor quality of education for our children. Don't blame the teachers, blame politicians who don't understand or even care what they are doing to our country by not providing appropriate funding for education.

Raises for Teachers

I am petitioning to have you cease your actions regarding the bargaining and funding of public education systems. Keep you word and fund education and stay out of the collective bargaining portions of public education. Serve the poor and needy not yourselves. That is what you were elected to do.

Unionize charter school staff and teachers. Will the Ohio Republicans continue to overfund their friend's private slush fund schools then? Most teachers realize they are trying to dismantle teacher unions. Unionizing charter/parochial school staff is the first step.

Cutting teachers' pensions is acting in bad faith. Money was withheld for the pensions from theri salaries and should not be considered as a source for state income.

We are three graduate students enrolled in a Social Welfare Policy Analysis class at University of South Carolina. As part of our group project, we are creating this petition to advocate awareness about Bill H. 3016: Cooperative Dual Credit High School Programs. Dual credit high school programs are established to bring high school students the opportunity to begin and/or complete an associates degree, certificate, or vocational program. Another option is for students to earn up to two years of college credit within the four years they are attending high school. Positive Successes of Dual Credit High School Programs: (1) decrease in retention rates (2) increase in completion rates (3) admission to four year institutions (4) post graduation employment (5) decrease in dropout rates (6) certification and associates degrees completed

“to let undocumented students qualify for in-state tuition, but only if they attended a Florida high school for at least three years. The students would also have to file an affidavit with the college stating plans to legalize their immigration status” (McGrory, 2013).

Tell the student loan authority to reimburse payments taken from disability and social security checks. Seniors and the disabled shouldn't be burdened with these payments.

I have taken part in music programs when I was in school. A lot of kids that take part in art and music and science type programs tend to do better in reading, writing, math and science and it also helps keep kids out of trouble and gives them an outlet for self expression.

Tough choices are facing Washington's legislators as more money is needed for education while social services (and other) programs have been seriously cut during the recent recession years. The choice is whether to cut these programs further, or raise additional revenue to meet very pressing needs. The choice should be for more revenue.

I'm a student at Carthage Middle School. Everyone here would love to get some free time/recess after lunch, when you finish eating early. Recess helps students develop communication skills, such as cooperation and sharing, and helps counteract the time they spend sitting in class.