The debt us parents are carrying for our children through companies such as Sallie Mae who's main bank isn't even in this country is ruining our economy. If we had the extra 500 dollars or more a month to spend or save the economy would bloom again. Its insane that in this country we don't have free education and jobs available through the colleges for our students to pay their tution.

The Los Angeles Unified School District has offered Goethe International Charter School 10 classrooms for the 2012-13 school year. The school currently uses 15 and has requested 16. Goethe is faced with a dire dilemma: kicking out students and laying off staff or renting a facility (IF one is available) and depleting our financial reserves. We ask that all stakeholders and supporters of quality public education ask the District to reconsider its offer and to award Goethe 16 classrooms, plus reasonably equivalent non-teaching space.

The new president of the University of Missouri announced he is closing the university's press, which has been publishing scholarly and general readership books for 54 years. Signing this petition is a way to support scholarship, writing, art, books, authors, public education, intellectual pursuits, and of course, the ten people who work at the Press.

In these harsh economic times, getting an education is becoming more a nightmare than a dream for many Americans. Recently, student loan interest rates were doubled, making the pursuit of higher education that much harder. To ease the strain that student loan interest rate increases will cause for so many college graduates, why not utilize them in a manner that eases the strain on county, city, state and federal budgets? Why not offer the option of public service to recent graduates as one means to offset the rising costs of higher education?

March 2012: The Federal Reserve Bank of NY released numbers that many found startling; 36 Billion dollars (4.2%) of our nation’s total student loan debt belongs to Americans 60 and older. An additional $98 Billion (11.3%) belong to soon-to-be seniors ages 50-59, and those between age 40 and 49 owe $142 Billion (16.4%). 
These age groups, who should be planning for, or enjoying retirement, account for 32% of our nations total student loan debt! Many of these borrowers are, or soon will be, subject to Social Security garnishments! There is something very wrong with a system that is structured so that, even at these ages, borrowers have not been able to pay off their student loans! Get the facts about student loan debt at: https://sites.google.com/site/agingwithstudentdebtorg/facts Learn more about H.R.4170 at: https://sites.google.com/site/agingwithstudentdebtorg/h-r-4170-campaign/h-r-4170-overview

Anita McCafferty is more than qualified to be the next principal at MJHS. We are asking the Board to request the Superintendent to OFFER her the job!

in 08 the joplin public school board changed there policy on the tax payers speaking to the board on there issues you now can only spesk on what is on the boards adgena i feel this is a form of censorship,some of our other area school districts still allow the tax payers to speak on there issues joplin tax payer should have the same right

Total outstanding student loan debt in America is expected to exceed $1 TRILLION this year. Millions of hardworking, taxpaying, educated Americans are being crushed under the weight of their educational debts, while the economy continues to falter. Support an effective economic stimulus and jobs plan. Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R. 4170).

The Middletown Board of Education ("BOE") has, without appropriate notice, postponed the 2012-13 student start date. The posted 2012 student start date is Monday, September 10th, 2012. The education of our children is being delayed to use the week of 9/4/12-9/7/12 to accommodate the training of teachers prior to the opening of schools to students. Twelve weeks is an unreasonable amount of time for children to be without education. This delayed opening will create significant economic hardship for childcare driven families. Please tell the BOE this is not acceptable. Our children and their families need your help. Thank you!

We need to insure that the future inheritors of our country are taught to be skeptical about what they hear and read from all sources in society. They need to critically analyze for themselves, their futures, how they vote, their spirituality, as well as all the decisions they make. Our education system needs to instill in them a sense of objectivity in their beliefs and decision making.

Nutritional science is a growing interest among young health professionals. Most professional graduate programs are crowded with academic requirements and leave little room for the study of nutrition. While many programs include short courses in nutrition, nutrition is emerging as a complex subject that requires more instruction time. In order to provide a strong base in nutrition, a full year of focused study has been found to be effective. The Institute of Human Nutrition in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University is the pioneer in providing this educational opportunity. The demand for Columbia’s Master of Science Program is growing with over double the graduates (80) this year compared to thirty years ago. The proposal for a Masters in Science Program in Nutrition will provide the opportunity to focus on the subject of nutrition over the course of a year to prepare the next generation of health professionals to effectively promote health and wellness through optimal nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellbeing. The proposed Masters of Science in Nutrition would be a 12-month program that provides the foundation in Nutritional Science that will lead graduates to careers in Medicine, Public Health, Policy, Research or Academics. A multidisciplinary team of UCLA Professors would teach the Master students. This program would take advantage of the large resource pool of talented UCLA professors who focus on nutrition and provide a cadre of self identified graduate students to participate in the Nexus Initiative. Other educational opportunities could be a Master in Science for Health Professionals, a PhD in Nutrition or a MD/PhD.

Nutritional science is a growing interest among young health professionals. Most professional graduate programs are crowded with academic requirements and leave little room for the study of nutrition. While many programs include short courses in nutrition, nutrition is emerging as a complex subject that requires more instruction time. In order to provide a strong base in nutrition, a full year of focused study has been found to be effective. The Institute of Human Nutrition in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University is the pioneer in providing this educational opportunity. The demand for Columbia’s Master of Science Program is growing with over double the graduates (80) this year compared to thirty years ago. The proposal for a Masters in Science Program in Nutrition will provide the opportunity to focus on the subject of nutrition over the course of a year to prepare the next generation of health professionals to effectively promote health and wellness through optimal nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellbeing. The proposed Masters of Science in Nutrition would be a 12-month program that provides the foundation in Nutritional Science that will lead graduates to careers in Medicine, Public Health, Policy, Research or Academics. A multidisciplinary team of UCLA Professors would teach the Master students. This program would take advantage of the large resource pool of talented UCLA professors who focus on nutrition and provide a cadre of self identified graduate students to participate in the Nexus Initiative. Other educational opportunities could be a Master in Science for Health Professionals, a PhD in Nutrition or a MD/PhD.