The Tennessee State General Assembly is considering House Bill 0229 called the "Don't Say Gay" bill. The bill would make it harder for LGBT teens to approach their teachers, and it would make it harder for teachers to help their students out when it comes to the issue of bullying. Gov. Haslem is against the bill, and so is the Speaker of the House. Thus, the members of the House Education Committee has a chance to stop this bill, and thus kill this bill in committee.

Did you know that when teachers retire they are penalized for having worked elsewhere? Did you know that their social security check is docked because of their contributions to the teacher pension system? They call this double-dipping. I call it punishment. How can we expect to attract scientists, computer engineers, mathematicians when teachers -- in addition to earning a pitiful salary -- will lose part of the social security benefits they had previously earned?

Since the Bush administration entered into this contract, I've been wondering what they will do with it. I can't believe the Obama administration would want this stuff to go into public school lunches! I understand they may be under contract but it was just another way that the Bush administration rewarded his cronies. Now it's time to end this toxic policy. 
Kristine Falck-Pedersen

For-Profit Colleges are one of the leading causes of students with outstanding debt, which in turn becomes a problem for the government loaning out large sums of money to said students and thus increasing America's debt all together. For-Profit Colleges usually charge $50,000-$120,000 for their tuition. Which is quite outrageous considering that state and national colleges require significantly less money to operate. Colleges that are For-Profit should be regulated, there should be a cap on how much they are allowed to charge for tuition.

RUSH IS HELPING DUMMING DOWN AMERICA WITH FALSE INFORMATION AND AND HIS DISTAIN FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Research shows that VMAs do not improve student achievement. Yet, teachers are being blackballed and placed under duress to approve an evaluation that includes the value-added test score ratings of their students' performances on standardized tests. Ignoring the research, NYS will spend millions of dollars on an inaccurate and inequitable system.

Our elected leaders have abandoned public education. They have made significant and ever increasing funding cuts over the passed five years. Their financial priorities reflect their values. I still believe that an education that truly prepares you is a basic right and should be available to all. In order to meet the ever increasing needs of society educators need to have a manageable amount of resources available to them. Please allow our schools to be successful by providing us: enough teachers, enough time to plan, enough supplies, and a realistic curriculum.

For kids they need to have some non school days to spend the time with parents. I hope many will sign.

This bill is seen by education experts as a devious and underhanded attack on your local public schools and hardworking teachers. Every credible parent group in Florida, including the PTA, is opposed to this bill because it will ultimately hurt students. In fact, this bill will only help private education companies and corporations who want to force taxpayers to pay them to run “for-profit” unaccountable charter schools. These schools are not held to the same standards as public schools. Even worse, the corporate lobbyists who are promoting this legislation were caught misleading the public and Legislators by saying parents support this bill. That is a lie. Again, every parent group in Florida opposes this “parent trigger” bill.

In the middle of the night on Friday, March 2, the Republicans passed their version of a state budget: a Wisconsin-style attack on public school employees, students and collective bargaining – and educators’ health care benefits. This budget is similar to what Gov. Scott Walker did to educators and public workers in Wisconsin. If anti-union legislators in Washington get their way now, just think what could happen after the general election in November! We, the educators and public education supporters of the State of Washington, urge Senate Democrats and fair-minded Republicans to oppose these attacks on public education, collective bargaining and school employees’ health care benefits.

Not only good public education for our youth, but keep (& grow) the educational/training opportunities for our adults who want and need to retrain for today's workforce!!!!

In order to protect our property values, improve our public safety, and help our children, Hermosa Beach needs to protect its schools.