I have been a teacher all my life and I have experienced student evaluations of teachers. These should be seen by administrators but judged in context of the course and the teacher's grading. Local control is important to every school system, and teachers should not be excluded from constructing the evaluation process.

A challenger to Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has emerged with quite a laundry list of skeletons in her closet. An allegation of stalking an ex boyfriend, and now a charge accusing her of plagiarism on her website. Seemingly out of nowhere this woman, allegedly funded by the Koch Bros. backed dark money seeks to unseat Oregon Senate progressive champion Jeff Merkley, but who is responsible for her? More importantly, who would SHE be responsible TO? Apparently, the Koch Bros. in their rush to buy this Senate seat, did not check her out very thoroughly, and now have quite an embarrassment on their hands. Tell the Kochs to stop attempting to purchase Senate seats by putting their vindictive, plagiarizing puppets on display like this, Its embarrassing and does a disservice to Democracy.

Jeffco Public School Board has just proposed a change of curriculum stating that, "Materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law. Instructional materials should present positive aspects of the United States and its heritage." This means that important parts of our history such as the Civil Rights Movement, Native American genocide, and slavery will not be taught in public schools. If we don't learn about genocide and slavery, how will we help stop them from happening again? If we don't understand the tremendous legacy of the Civil Rights Era, how can we work every day to honor and build on the gains made by so many courageous Americans? This is a severe form of censorship intended to keep the youth ignorant and easy to manipulate. I'm hoping to get enough signatures to prove that this is a public issue, so, please, if this is important to you, please sign. Do not let our youth grow up in ignorance; we all deserve the truth!

The People have the right to know who is supporting and working for a candidates election.

This is about the law which was created few years back "False Alarm Reduction Program" . The sad thing is most citizen like me doesn't even aware of such a law. And the government is totally taking advantage of this. For instance, I was fine a $225, a fine of $150 and late fee. And I had no clue. How can you blame the citizen to keep up all these unnecessary laws/rules and regulations when people are working day and night to bring food to the table and taking care of their family. When will the government stop ripping off people. We already pay enough taxes. This Law of Georgia " False Alarm Reduction Program" should be eliminated.

My brother has served 19 years in the Marine Corps, including two active duty tours in Iraq. He sustained a physical injury during service and has been diagnosed with severe PTSD. He has less than 9 months until full retirement, and the Marine Corp has declared him unfit for further service and will separate him from service with a minimal cash severance and no veteran's benefits for him or his family on SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2014. Each of his petitions and requests to remain in service have been denied.

At a time when Illinois is considering laying off 13,000 teachers, cutting college scholarships for 30,000 students and evicting hundreds of veterans from supportive housing, state representative Emily McAsey voted to protect almost $500 million in wasteful corporate tax loopholes -- instead of making corporations pay their fair share. If enough of us tell Emily we disapprove of this vote, we can convince her to reverse course and support House Bill 390, a bill that would close $500 million annually in corporate tax loopholes and provide much needed revenue for schools, infrastructure and public safety. When big, profitable corporations don’t pay their fair share, the rest of us pay more. Our income taxes provide more than 55% of Illinois’ revenue, but corporate income taxes provide a meager 9% of state revenue. Let's make sure Rep. McAsey knows we're counting on her to represent her constituents, not helping corporations dodge their taxes.

At a time when Illinois is considering laying off 13,000 teachers, cutting college scholarships for 30,000 students and evicting hundreds of veterans from supportive housing, state representative Anthony Deluca voted to protect almost $500 million in wasteful corporate tax loopholes -- instead of making corporations pay their fair share. If enough of us tell Anthony we disapprove of his vote, we can convince him to reverse course and support House Bill 390, a bill that would close $500 million annually in corporate tax loopholes and provide much needed revenue for schools, infrastructure and public safety. When big, profitable corporations don’t pay their fair share, the rest of us pay more. Our income taxes provide more than 55% of Illinois’ revenue, but corporate income taxes provide a meager 9% of state revenue. Let's make sure Rep. Deluca knows we're counting on him to represent his constituents, not helping corporations dodge their taxes.

Same Day Registration places a burden on the individual voter, not the county election offices or polling places. Any Voter willing to first go to the county election office, before going to a polling place precludes any possible Voter Fraud. STOP this movement to restrict US Citizens from their Right to Vote.

At a time when Illinois is considering laying off 13,000 teachers, cutting college scholarships for 30,000 students and evicting hundreds of veterans from supportive housing, state representative Marty Moylan voted to protect almost $500 million in wasteful corporate tax loopholes — instead of making corporations pay their fair share. If enough of us tell Marty we disapprove of his vote, we can convince him to reverse course and support House Bill 390, a bill that would close $500 million annually in corporate tax loopholes and provide much needed revenue for schools, infrastructure and public safety. When big, profitable corporations don’t pay their fair share, the rest of us pay more. Our income taxes provide more than 55% of Illinois’ revenue, but corporate income taxes provide a meager 9% of state revenue. Let’s make sure Rep. Moylan knows we’re counting on him to represent his constituents, not helping corporations dodge their taxes.

End the war against women

We do not believe in frequent high-stakes testing for children. We refuse to subject our children to yet another standardized assessment that negatively impacts their curricular and instructional choices. The data that will be stored on our children without a parent's permission is a violation and should be stopped immediately. We, the undersigned, believe that using test scores to evaluate teaching and learning is unjust and inequitable. Rather than pouring time, energy, and money into a new testing program, we demand that the district and the state reevaluate the ways in which they measure school and student achievement. New Jersey students deserve better. No creemos en exámenes estandarizados de riesgos altos. Rechazamos presentar a nuestros hijos con exámenes estandarizados que afectan negativamente sus opciones de enseñanza e instrucción. La información que se collecta de nuestro hijos sin autorización parental es una violación y debe ser parada inmediatamente. Nosotros, los firmadores de esta petición, creemos que el uso de esta examinación para evaluar la enseñanza y el aprender es injusta y inequitable. En vez de invertir tiempo, dinero, energía, y dinero en examinaciones nuevas, exigimos que el distrito y el estado re-evalúen las maneras usadas para evaluar el progreso de las escuelas y los estudiantes. Los estudiantes de New Jersey merecen mejor.