• Losing My Grandboys To The Cps
    Yes very much so and it not right
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    Created by [email protected]
  • Recover money from Creatinv ltd
    HOW ARE YOU ALL FRIENDS FROM ALL OF OVER THE WORLD Every one want to earn money with little . There are very trusted company like mytrafficvalue and paidverts but some company say that we are very trusted and its for long term but our friends withdrawal are still pending we appeal for Government of US and department of US for INTERNET FREE FROM SCAMER THAT RETURN OUR MONEY FROM THAT COMPANY. MUHAMMAD SAJID SOHAIL FROM PAKISTAN Sign here
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    Created by Muhammad Sajid Sohail
  • Luigi Del Bianco Recognition as Head Carver on Mount Rushmore
    To help my cousin, Lou Del Bianco (Luigi's grandson) with his mission to get Luigi recognized for his work as a sculptor.
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    Created by Gina Scafa
  • Save Westside Elementary School
    In response to recent events, the educators and parents of Westside Elementary School have heard "Schools, not Jails" chanted by protestors and comments from politicians like this one from Elijah Cummings, "[W]e must start working now to secure the safety of our children's futures." And yet, the City still plans to close Westside Elementary School, which is only a few blocks away from the heart of Baltimore's rioting and subsequent calls for change. Westside Elementary School serves meals to 300 children, has a high-quality pre-K program, houses a HeadStart program, and operates a weekly food pantry. These programs are in addition to K-5 instruction in literacy, mathematics and, most importantly for any child in America, the lessons in civics and American history that are taught in the building. Westside's teachers hail from some of the best colleges and universities in America including Villanova, Princeton, Lehman College, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Towson, Wesley, the University of Virginia, and the University of Chicago. Do not close this school because of a budget issue or because the people in the community were not politically proactive or visible in the ways that the City required. Before you take any action on the fate of the school, why not ask the community what it really thinks? Go door to door. Make phone calls. Come to the school and speak to parents daily. Conduct a study. Get a sense of the will of the people who live there. What do they want? Even if they decide they would rather close the school than renovate or rebuild it, their voices matter. As a teacher in the school, I can see the value that a small community school can have for a neighborhood. I also believe that schools have a sacred value to neighborhoods beyond test scores and attendance numbers. But that is only one opinion. And I don't think the City really knows what the parents and citizens of the neighborhood actually want. So, let's save Westside and start a conversation that includes all the key stakeholders, including the children.
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    Created by Naela
  • HTA representation for local stakeholders group
    We must act with urgency! As part of the receivership process, a local stakeholders group will be established. This group will make recommendations to the content of the turnaround plan in order to maximize the rapid improvement of the academic achievement of all students. This group must be convened within 30 days of the designation of chronically underperforming. We believe that HTA members selected to represent the entire membership must be determined by a membership vote instead of being appointed by the HTA President, HTA Executive Board or any other party.
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    Created by Ellie Wilson
  • Remove The Confederate Flag From the SC Statehouse Grounds
    Alexander Stephens, the Vice President of the Confederate States of America explained in his inaugural speech the founding values of the Confederacy. He said, "our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition". The Confederate States of America's most popular symbol should not be flown on the state house grounds. The Confederate flag's display at the central law making institution in South Carolina is unethical, especially amidst concerns of racial injustice nationwide.
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    Created by Joseph Fleming
  • Save our longest untamed river, the Greenbrier!
    I am starting this petition because the proposed pipeline will destroy some of the most beautiful parts of West Virginia and threaten our watershed area and national forest. It personally affects me because the proposed pipeline crosses my land and a compressor station is located just over a half mile from my property. However, even if it did not cross my land I would stand in opposition to the expansion of nonrenewable energy and the environmental damage it causes.
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    Created by Ronald Tobey
  • Discontinue or supplement the Middle School Connected Math Program.
    A group of parents of Chatham Middle School students are concerned that middle school math performance is in need of improvement. We feel that the program is not working for many of our children. We are starting this petition because we feel this program is doing our children a disservice. These are our key areas of concern: 1) There is insufficient mastery of basic math concepts due to the overemphasis on higher-level problem solving. 2) Small group (peer to peer) learning format is less effective at this age than teacher-led clear direct instruction. In addition, with larger class sizes there are more groups, this makes it hard for teachers to identify which groups/students may be struggling. This method can intimidate those afraid to speak out and get extra help, and it can also hold back the most able students because they are forced to collaborate with less able and motivated students. It can also create confusion if students are unable to explain concepts clearly to one another. This places a lot of burden on our children who are only just learning to self-advocate and are working on building their confidence. 3) Due to the reduced amount of teacher-led instruction, when students are left to investigate and discover key mathematical concepts and skills on their own, this may lead to critical gaps and misconceptions in their knowledge. 4) Language based math programs are discouraging to students who are weaker in language arts, along with adding unnecessary complexity with insufficient practice time. 5) Inadequate information and lack of explanatory prose in the workbooks and online for homework review. This makes it hard for parents to help their children with homework. Some parents have felt they've had no choice but to get outside help when faced with falling grades and frustrated kids. This places additional financial and scheduling burdens on families. If you share these concerns, we ask that you support our request for the School District to review and strengthen the program.
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    Created by Deborah Barnes
  • Award Cong. Elijah Cummings & Rev. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant the Congressional Gold Medal
    Since 12 April, 2015 when Mr. Fredrick C. Gray, Jr. was wrongfully arrested, assaulted and man-handled by members of the Baltimore Police Department, a handling and arrest by the way that lead to his eventual death on 19 April, 2015. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings and Dr. Jamal H. Bryant, along with many other Community Leaders and Civil Rights Activists for the City of Baltimore, have been on the ground, where they live and work, speaking to and well-representing the People of the City of Baltimore. They openly called for cooler heads, calmer hearts and patience, as best as possible, of the People of Baltimore, for justice to begin to take a due and steady course. As of the posting of this petition, 01 May, 2015, that process has begun with the formal arrest and charges of six police officers involved in the Freddie Gray incident. Join with me in ensuring that this high civilian honor is bestowed upon these two men in representation of their exemplary work and public service to the People of Baltimore. Thank you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal
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    Created by David Davidson
  • Keep Fair Housing Laws Strong
    HB 149 and SB 134 are universally denounced by fair housing advocates, attorneys, and disability groups as unnecessary pieces of legislation that pander to the brazen assertion that housing discrimination should actually be tolerated in Ohio. SB 134 makes an artificial distinction between so-called "actual" discrimination and that discrimination which is proven by time-tested controlled investigations run by private fair housing organizations. Among other regressive measures, the bill would lower the penalties for housing discrimination and damage the important safeguards provided by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC). Ohio residents would either need to use the administrative process provided on the federal level through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or be forced to use attorneys to sue violators in state court. In addition, Ohio law would no longer be "substantially equivalent" to federal law, thus ending substantial HUD funding to our state.
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    Created by Patricia Kidd
  • Move On should back Bernie Sanders
    Bernie Sanders can win this thing, and Move On should be a part of that.
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    Created by John Schoonover
  • Ending Homelessness
    Everyday when I walk down the street, I notice that there is at least one homeless person on the street. It hurts my heart whenever I walk by them. Also I personally have a friend who was homeless and is scared by what people told him when he was homeless. Our school is working with a program, Generation Citizen, and are trying to solve this issue.
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    Created by Jane Kim