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Vote for the Most Innovative Financial Literacy Project — Help Fund More Classroom Resources

July 15, 2019 Katherine McLennan News

Vote for the Most Innovative Financial Literacy Project — Help Fund More Classroom Resources

This spring, Charles Schwab Foundation teamed up with DonorsChoose.org to inspire and uncover teachers’ best-in-class ideas for helping their students strengthen their financial literacy skills. We called on teachers across the [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships

Remembering Dr. Carol Kupers Whalen, Legendary ADHD Researcher

January 29, 2019 Stephen Burke News

Remembering Dr. Carol Kupers Whalen, Legendary ADHD Researcher

Nineteen years ago, our founder Charles Best brought a tray of his mom’s spiced pears to the teacher workroom, and told his colleagues each pear came at a price: to eat one, every teacher had to post a project on a new website he [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships

10 Months After Hurricane Harvey, These Teachers are Still Rebuilding

June 26, 2018 Stephen Burke News

10 Months After Hurricane Harvey, These Teachers are Still Rebuilding

Every teacher who has lived through a natural disaster knows that the impacts of a storm can continue long after the rain stops and the news cameras depart. Damage to schools can range from a few lost supplies to complete [Read More...]

Tagged With: news, partnerships, video

Like Crowdfunding, Only Better: How Classrooms Get Resources Through DonorsChoose.org

June 1, 2018 Emilia Murphy Behind the Scenes

Like Crowdfunding, Only Better: How Classrooms Get Resources Through DonorsChoose.org

This has been a record-breaking year for DonorsChoose.org teachers, donors, and partners. With that in mind, I thought it seemed like a great moment to write a little something about how classroom funding works on the site. If [Read More...]

Tagged With: data, partnerships, project funding, social media

Today Only: Matched Donations to Music and the Arts Projects!

May 23, 2018 Stephen Burke News

Today Only: Matched Donations to Music and the Arts Projects!

Are you ready to make the world a little more beautiful? We’re thrilled to share that, today only (5/23), a generous donor from our community will match every donation to music and the arts project on our site. Even better: The [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships

General Motors is Matching STEM Projects for Teacher Appreciation Week!

May 8, 2018 Stephen Burke Just for Teachers

General Motors is Matching STEM Projects for Teacher Appreciation Week!

Spring is in full swing this week, and at the DonorsChoose.org office that means one thing: Teacher Appreciation Week is here! As the school year draws to a close, this is the perfect opportunity to find a teacher who inspired you [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships, stem

Five Days of Teacher Appreciation Week Matching from Google.org

May 7, 2018 Stephen Burke News

Five Days of Teacher Appreciation Week Matching from Google.org

If there are two things our friends at Google.org love, it’s teachers… and search results. To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, Google.org is committing $500,000 to match donations to one category of classroom projects every [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships, Teacher Appreciation Week

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