The amount paid toward a student loan's principal should be a tax deduction, not just the interest. This simple idea will encourage people to get an education to make America better. This idea will also put more money in the consumers' pocket and help grow our economy. Everyone with a student loan and the entire American economy will benefit from this plan.

Governor Malloy's agenda is that of coprorate bankers, charter school investors, and business people who are motivated by money and who have no real interest in improving education

We need to preserve the public education. It's the cheapest and best way for children to get an education. Vouchers on the other hand, depend on the profit motive to deliver education to our children. Companies and executives are the ones who profit from a private system, while money is drained and diverted from quality teachers and student's needs. Everyone in my family were in the public school system and did fine. My son graduated Rutgers Summa as a material science engineer.Similarly, my wife and I attended the public school system straight through college. We must make public school system stronger and not weaken it with voucher systems. We must demand that our governor end his policies of demeaning public schools and get vouchers and privitized schools out of our education system.

Update the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) as it pertains to Autism spectrum disorder today.

Due to recent financial cuts, the university has decided to cut courses immediately, starting this SUMMER. The university has cut all graduate level courses with enrollments of less than eleven students, last summer. A similar decision has been made for undergraduate level courses with enrollments of less than twenty-four students. Some of these courses are apart of critical shortage areas within education. Some are only offered one semester a year. Cutting these classes will prevent many students from graduating on time or at all. We are simply asking the university to reconsider their decision and implement cuts only after listening to suggestions from department leaders and identifying each departments specific needs. Students please sign and explain your specific situation. If you have any suggestions to assist the university with solving this problem please comment as well.

Saved from closure for good cause by Emergency Financial Manager, Robert Bobb, DDSD is now slated for closure by new EFM, Roy Roberts. His plan calls for removing the deaf and hard of hearing students from the school built with federal, state and local funds specifically to provide full ADA accommodations and enhanced learning environment to meet their unique language and communication needs, so the building can be "repurposed" as administrators see fit. Students will be scattered to other schools that cannot provide such an environment or the critical mass of same language peers recommended by current research and best practices in the field. DDSD needs to remain the anchor of placements for deaf children and parents need to be allowed to choose it as an option. (http://detroitdayschoolforthedeaf.com)

D.C. can't rock without music education in public schools. Tell Mayor Vincent Gray to stop cutting music program funding in our city schools.

In the state of Massachusetts teachers have lost their rights to negotiate for their health care. Changes are coming that could raise yearly costs. Fees like charging a start up fee per person is going to go into effect, and co-pays are going to go through the roof. We, the supporters of simple rights, are calling on you to sign this and tell Gov. Deval Patrick to give teachers their Collective Bargaining Rights (CBR) back. Stand up and fight for the teachers!

H.R. 1085 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2011 has been sitting in the House of Representatives for over a year. Passing this bill would remove Federal funding for ineffective abstinence-only education, and redirect funds towards comprehensive sex-education programs that have already proven effective. We urge you to sign this petition to give America's children the education they so desperately need to protect themselves! In 2007, a government-funded research study found that abstinence-only education, which teaches that abstinence is the only accepted form of birth control, isn't actually reducing the rate of STD transmission in teens or teen pregnancies...or even reducing the number of teens who have sex. Plus, the risk taking behaviors are staggering: a recent poll of American high school students showed that almost 40% of sexually active teens didn't use a condom the last time they had sex, and over 75% did not use hormonal birth control. Shocking! But...how can teens use a condom, if they have never been taught what it is? Research has found that comprehensive sex education programs show serious promise in reducing some of the staggering STD transmission and teen pregnancy rates. These programs earn the title of "comprehensive" because in addition to teaching that abstinence is still the safest form of contraception, these programs also teach about the health benefits to condom use and hormonal birth control. These programs even offer American youth educational tools to protect themselves from dating violence and maintain healthy relationships. It's time to take a stand, and tell the government to stop wasting money on useless education. Instead, demand that our children receive a comprehensive education that has been PROVEN to work!

Our educational budget seems to be reduced year after year, please take into consideration that EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS in any part of the world.

Harcum College, Life Transforming Ministries and I-Lead have partnered together in Coatesville to offer Associates Degrees majoring in Leadership Studies, Human Services and Early Childhood Education. With the huge success of this program, we find that our present and past student body desire to matriculate beyond this level of learning. Those who have signed this petition have expressed that they want to enroll in the Bachelor's Degree Program at Eastern University. We would like to offer our help to you in setting up an Eastern site in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

The Southern Huntingdon County School Boards wants to fire the 27 custodians and cafeteria employees and hire a private pro-profit corporation. We need to send a message to the school board that our jobs and our taxes BELONG in Southern Huntingdon County. Stop the campaign to privatize our public schools!