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Looking to Create a Career-Readiness Project? Don’t Miss These Tips from DonorsChoose Fellows!

June 22, 2021 Guest Blogger Behind the Scenes/ Project Tips

Looking to Create a Career-Readiness Project? Don’t Miss These Tips from DonorsChoose Fellows!

Written by Briana Maddox-Miller, James Robinson, Yesenny Fernandez, and Ebony Atwell Every year, DonorsChoose welcomes a group of fellows: high-achieving recent college graduates from untapped backgrounds who spend a year [Read More...]

Tagged With: career readiness

How Teachers Are Celebrating Juneteenth

June 14, 2021 Tharaha Richards Just for Teachers

How Teachers Are Celebrating Juneteenth

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the moment when emancipation finally reached the most isolated parts of the South, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It’s a celebration of freedom — [Read More...]

Tagged With: Black History Month, Juneteenth

How to Plan your DonorsChoose Projects to Maximize Your Support

June 14, 2021 The DonorsChoose Team Just for Teachers/ Project Tips

How to Plan your DonorsChoose Projects to Maximize Your Support

Wherever you are in your school year, it’s a great time to think about your next DonorsChoose projects. Planning your DonorsChoose timeline in advance can help you get the exact materials you need by when you need them, take full [Read More...]

Little Free Libraries: Start one in your community

June 11, 2021 The DonorsChoose Team Project Inspiration

Little Free Libraries: Start one in your community

A Little Free Library is a public bookcase. Anyone can leave a book and anyone can take a book. It’s a lending program based on the honor system — and it means more books are available to your students any time of day or [Read More...]

Tagged With: libraries

The top five wackiest items we ordered for projects this year

June 10, 2021 The DonorsChoose Team Just for Teachers

The top five wackiest items we ordered for projects this year

The DonorsChoose Project Fulfillment team thought they’d seen it all. But out of the 255,472 projects funded this school year, a few caught our eye as extra out-of-the-box. With the unprecedented challenges of this school year [Read More...]

Tagged With: wacky projects

Celebrating Pride All Year Round: How DonorsChoose Teachers Build Inclusive Classrooms

June 1, 2021 Tharaha Richards Classroom Stories/ Project Inspiration

Celebrating Pride All Year Round: How DonorsChoose Teachers Build Inclusive Classrooms

Every student wins when they’re learning in an inclusive classroom that helps them feel safe and supported. That’s especially true for LGBTQIA+ students: Research shows “that LGBTQ students who attend schools with curriculum that [Read More...]

Tagged With: Pride Month

Must-Read Books for AAPI Heritage Month

May 19, 2021 Tharaha Richards Project Inspiration

Must-Read Books for AAPI Heritage Month

“Whether reading about Hawaiian traditions in Ohana Means Family or about the relationship between a young girl and her grandmother in Grandmother's Visit, my students will not only be exposed to cultures they may not be familiar [Read More...]

Tagged With: AAPI Month

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