• Defend Pell Grants for Americans
    House Republicans want to strip away Pell grants for students as college tuition costs are rising around the country. By making eligibility requirements for Pell Grants more stringent, they look to undermine an important vehicle for social mobility in order to avoid raising another cent in revenues from the wealthy. This is the real class warfare.
    12 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Michael Ratliff
  • End High Stakes Testing In New Hampshire
    New Hampshire school children are spending too much time on standardized tests, practicing for tests and not enough time learning. These tests do nothing to actually help the students who take them. Worse yet, politicians are using the results of these tests to justify deep budget cuts for public schools and to punish good teachers. It's time to end the era of high-stakes standardized tests in New Hampshire.
    87 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Jennifer Smith
  • Enough Standardized Testing in Pennsylvania
    We, the undersigned, demand that the era of high-stakes standardized tests in Pennsylvania must end immediately.
    160 of 200 Signatures
    Created by Tim Slekar
  • No More High-Stakes Standardized Tests in SC
    High-stakes standardized testing has a negative impact on schools, teachers, and students. Our state has plans to adopt a pay-for-performance model to grade and punish our hard-working teachers. Accountabilty and control of public schools needs to return to local communities. Help save our schools!
    261 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Sarah Johnson
  • QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL
    Our democracy rests on sound, universal public education. The same range and quality of programs must be available to all students. Let's take a leaf from the notebook of Rahm Emmanuel when deciding where to send his children to school, and demand that all students get the U. Of Chicago's Lab School Curriculum!
    16 of 100 Signatures
    Created by alan j . pulaski
  • Petition to Invite God to School
    The purpose of this petition is to restore America's schools back to being the world's leader in educating our children. At this point in time we cannot succeed without God's help. We must stop being hypocritical by proclaiming, "In God We Trust" but not trusting Him with the fundamental institution which is the foundation of our great society. Until we rely on God's power our schools (and our society) mores will continue to detriorate.
    40 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Herbert Boykin
  • Give Private Loans an Income Based Repayment Option
    In 2009, the Obama administration passed a law allowing Federal Student loans to be repaid via an income-based plan. It was a great step forward. Unfortunately, private lenders are still able to charge ridiculous interest rates and offer only fixed monthly payment plans on private loans. With the recession on, the job market has changed; private lenders should change their repayment options as well.
    15 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Raven Burnett
  • Senators - VOTE NO on H.R. 2218 - Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
    As students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members who are concerned about the re-segregation of public schools through the promotion of Charter Schools, we oppose H.R. 2218 - Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act . We demand that you, as a Senator of the United States of America VOTE NO on H.R. 2218 - Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act to protect the civil rights of ALL public school children in America.
    982 of 1,000 Signatures
    Created by Susan DuFresne
  • Petition to Veto H.R. 2218 - Empowering Parents Through the Quality Charter Schools Act
    As students, parents, teachers, administrators and community members who are concerned about the civil rights of students and the re-segregation of America's Public Schools through privatization; we petition President Barack Obama to use his power to VETO H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through the Quality Charter Schools Act .
    41 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Susan DuFresne
  • Enough Standardized Testing in Colorado!
    We, the undersigned, demand that the era of high-stakes standardized tests in Colorado must end immediately.
    3,614 of 4,000 Signatures
    Created by Peggy Robertson
  • Opting Out of High-Stakes Testing
    The petition is about supporting New York State public school students and parents who are deciding to opt out of high-stakes testing. You should sign it because high-stakes testing is harmful to the teaching-learning process.
    481 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Donald Bartalo
  • George Mason University should eliminate Blackboard
    Blackboard not only does not work well, it discriminates against people without computers!
    21 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Lester Kurtz