With University education moving beyond the affordability of middle income students, there is a need for a self supporting federal online university, at a student cost of under $1,000 dollars per school year. Professors would need to be the best in the nation. Students would be able to move at their own pace. Passing a course would require "mastery". This would end college created student debt and allow any deserving student to earn a respected degree.

Did you know that our state constitution requires Washington to fully fund basic education? In fact, it calls it the state’s “paramount duty”. Washington has the strongest language of any state when it comes to education funding---no other state constitution protects public education to the extent ours does. So, WHY are the Governor and legislators considering the following in order to balance the state budget? 1) Reduce the school year by 5 days. 2) Increase class sizes by average of two students per class in grades 4 through 12 3) Cut teacher salaries. 4) Reduce teacher health care benefits. 5) Slash funding for 1,000 preschool students. 6) Reduce assistance to property-poor school districts by $150 million. 7) Suspend salary step increases for teachers. 8) End sick leave cash-out for employees not retiring. 9) Eliminate funding for student bus transportation. 10) Eliminate the National Board bonus. 11) Cut funding for all-day kindergarten in high-poverty schools. HERE ARE THE FACTS 1) Washington is 49th in the nation in class size. 2) We rank 47th in the nation in per-pupil spending. 3) We’re dead LAST in average teacher compensation among West Coast states. 4) Nearly 3,700 educators’ jobs have already been slashed by the legislature. 5) Enrollment in our state has surged by almost 7,000 students. 6) The legislature suspended all funding for I-728, which provided class size reduction money to districts. 7) Gone also is I-732, which guaranteed an annual cost-of-living adjustment for school employees. 8) Salaries for teachers were cut an equivalent of 6.4 days over the past several years. 9) Health benefits have been frozen for teachers, despite increases in medical premiums. 10) The legislature “hijacked” federal funding for education jobs, keeping the money intended to go directly to local school districts. 11) The legislature cut almost $2.5 billion from public schools during the last three legislative sessions. As a part of a Day of Action across the state, November 28th teachers, district workers and pro-public education supporters will be wearing red to signify our collective belief that our legislators should NOT CUT public education and instead find other solutions to our tax revenue shortfall. If we can get enough signatures quickly, on November 28th as part of the Day of Action, this petition will be delivered to our legislators as they start the special session to deal with the projected $2 billion shortfall. Find more related info here: http://www.washingtonea.org/

We as concerned parents, people of the community, and advocates to fight childhood obesity, want Congress to stop the bill that would reverse the progress the USDA is trying to make to make federally funded school lunches healthier. 
The proposed Agriculture Spending Bill that Congress, the frozen food manufacturers, and potato grower lobbyists are trying to pass would: 

1. Block the USDA from limiting starchy vegetables to two servings a week (which include french fries, tater tots, etc). 
 2. Count tomato paste on pizza as a vegetable!!! 
3. Require 'further study' on long term sodium reduction (meaning the school lunches can still contain high amounts of salt/sodium) 
 4. The USDA would have to define 'whole grains' before they regulate them (so school lunches would not have to incorporate more whole grains as asked by the USDA) 

All of these measures are attempts for private food manufacturers to put profits ahead of children's health and we as a members of the public want Congress to NOT pass this bill and think of the 1 in 4 children who are obese and the 1 in 3 adults who are obese. Our country is facing an epidemic as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. Billions of US taxpayer's money is spent on the many diseases associated with obesity - don't sell us out!

Tomato sauce on pizza is a vegetable, says Congress; GOP says healthier school lunches are too expensive.

Wayne Patterson, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on October 15th, 2011. The school board has strict policies for students on reckless driving and alcohol use. It's important for students to see that DWI is not acceptable behavior for them, or our elected officials. Mr. Patterson needs to set a good example and step down as a school board member.

☐ YES. I Will Be There on Thursday, November 17. 1:30 - Tell NYU: Cut the Bull. Rally at Stern. Demand a University for the 99%. Not for the 1%. 3:00 - All-City Student Strike. Union Square. Defend Education. Stop Tuition Hikes. Drop the Debt. Sign the Pledge. Spread the Word. Reclaim NYU.

The results of standardized tests are now the main factor that determines the success or failure of a school, its teachers, and its students. Standardized tests are biased and simply measure test taking skills, not actual knowledge. They stifle teacher creativity and cause many teachers to resent their jobs. It's time to take some of the power away from test results in Tennessee.

If you have just earned your degree from a Florida University, good job! But on that otherwise pristine diploma there will be a smear of ink that reads, "Rick Scott Governor." Yes, the same governor who works constantly to remove student's rights to higher education, has had the bad taste to put his ugly signature on that beautiful degree! Do you really want him to defile the student's testaments to hard work, intelligence, and dedication?

Recent school-based racial incidents demonstrate that our children’s school climate is not safe. Recent test scores demonstrate that, not only has there been no progress closing the racial academic achievement gap, the gap has widened.

There have been so many lies spread about President Obama - both personally and professionally. A website has been created in Palm Beach County whose soul intention is to tell the truth about the accomplishment of this President and to state the "pants on fire" and other lies spread and point the finger at the person who spread the lies.

The tax cap in New York can be overridden by a 60% vote. Stop the cuts, preserve our way of life. Pledge to override the cap!

Asperger Syndrome is a form of autism that is hard to detect. It was recently discovered but many are not aware of what to look for and most educators have no training in recognizing or teaching children with Asperger Syndrome. Many students with this syndrome are given inappropriate educational placements, especially African American males. This helps extend the achievement gap. If placed appropriately, children with Asperger Syndrome will be given the opportunity to learn. (Bill Gates is an example of a person with Asperger Syndrome.)