The California Grant the (Cal Grant) offered to California residents attending universities may be in jeopardy. Governor Jerry Brown is considering reducing the grant by almost 44 percent, from a maximum of $9,708 a year to maximum of approximately $5,700. The Cal Grant changes being considered affect me personally and tens of thousands of other low income students attending independent, nonprofit higher education institutions like Loyola Marymount University (L.M.U.). The loss or reduction of the grant would be significant enough to make tens of thousands of students unable to return to the California universities in school year 2012-13. Brown is hoping the cuts will save the state money, but this will not be the case. Students who are forced to leave private institutions will most likely attend state schools, which are already reaching capacity, and could ultimately cost the state more money. This is because the state subsidy [the amount the state pays per student] for Cal Grant students attending institutions like L.M.U. is substantially lower than the total subsidy provided to the Cal Grant students in the UC and CSU systems.

The most recent senior "prank" was ill-timed, ill-planned and without the supervision of police, extremely dangerous to the Spotswood High School community. This "prank" should be the last of its kind that is condoned by the school administration.

So much money is owed on Student Loans that for many graduates the amount is impossible to pay on a consistent basis. If more student loans are forgiven, there will be more money available in communities for expanding the economy there. Stress from the Student Loan burden on families contributes to family break ups, and adds to the health crisis with it's attending high costs.

So much money is owed on Student Loans that for many graduates the amount is impossible to pay on a consistent basis. If more student loans are forgiven, there will be more money available in communities for expanding the economy there. Stress from the Student Loan burden on families contributes to family break ups, and adds to the health crisis with it's attending high costs.

It is NOT the schools failing the children. It IS the Chicago Board of education failing our schools. Chicago needs a school board ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE "NOT" APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR!!! Chicago is the ONLY school district without an elected school board. That Election should be funded by tax dollars as are our Local School Council elections in order to keep corporations from corrupting the democratic process. Making a Case for an Elected School Board Chicago needs an elected school board that... 1 represents the people NOT corporations, 2 emphasizes teaching NOT testing, 3 welcomes parents and the community, 4 replaces suspensions & expulsions with restorative justice (community service) 5 dismantiles the school-to-prison pipeline, 6 funds smaller class sizes, 7 finances public schools, NOT corporate schools, 8 helps parents get Title I funds, 9 promotes a challenging curriculum, 10 advocates for teachers, collective bargaining, & supports teacher pensions, 11 values and affirms the right of quality public school education for all, 12 uses fair, equitable, and ethical hiring & firing practices.

The purpose of this petition is to address the education budget cuts implemented by the Texas State Senate, House of Representatives and Governor Rick Perry. Texas already ranks near the bottom of every educational statistical category. These budget cuts further cripple our children's chances of being competitive in the emerging global economy. How will Texas remain competitive if we don't properly educate our future leaders? We call on our state leaders to correct these heinous budget cuts.

Schools need better funding to increase the effective use of learning technologies in the classroom. The federal government eliminated the funding source of Title II D and states are increasingly eliminating the learning technology line item in state budgets. Some districts have followed suit! Help raise the awareness of funding EdTech appropriately by signing this petition.

Launch a complete, open and thorough investigation of the whole Student Loan debacle; especially lenders whose abusive practices are egregious and harmful to the credit of millions of former and current students.

In his recall, Scott Walker campaigned on the idea that public school teachers receive "entitlements" and that the "hard working tax payers" don't have these "entitlements." He is not only conveying a false message that public school teachers are not hard-working tax payers, but he is also conveying a message about their worthiness to society. If Scott Walker wants to bring Wisconsin together, it needs to start with him and he needs to recognize teachers for all they do to help Wisconsin grow as a community by visiting Wisconsin schools and working with teachers, not against them.

In 2008, two years before he entered the race for the US Presidency, Barack Obama wrote a book, the Audacity of Hope ,in which he minutely described his program for the country.In the section on Education he proposed to act on twenty five specific initiatives to raise the level of education in our country? The purpose of our petition is to ask how many of these twenty five initiatives have been successfully implemented and what were the results?

School children are now being expected to perform at a level one grade higher than they are actually. By then end of kindergarten, a child is expected to know 36 out of 40 sight words. Back in the early 70's, kindergartners were expected to do what was developmental appropriate for them - play most of the time.

This Petition is a popular request for President Obama to sign an Executive Order that will abolish Usury in all forms and methodology. Further, this Petition demands that Congress enact Flat Rate Taxation-immediately, to exact amity, comity, equity and parity and thereby rebuild the nation's economy--expediently.