Colbert Bump: “the curious phenomenon whereby anyone who appears on The Colbert Report gets a huge boost in popularity….” 19,469 students have already benefited from the Colbert Bump, following Stephen Colbert’s call to help public schools in Pennsylvania through his DonorsChoose.org challenge. This installment of great stories features ten classroom ideas that came to life…
This spring, Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading provider of student loans, undertook an initiative to engage employees in helping local public schools. Through a $20,000 grant from The Sallie Mae Fund, employees at the company’s Indianapolis office were given the opportunity to nominate local classroom projects to receive funding through DonorsChoose.org. Over 50…
This past Wednesday, Charles and I presented DonorsChoose.org to a receptive and engaged audience at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. It was a lot of fun and we’re appreciative of our friends at Google for hosting our visit!
Google has posted the “TechTalk” on YouTube. The talk was about 45 minutes followed by 10…
This year, the DonorsChoose.org Atlantic team partnered with Progress Energy to deliver $50,000 in energy education resources to classrooms in North and South Carolina.
Shortly thereafter, a local chapter of the eco-friendly nonprofit, Earth Force, conducted a two-hour training for its educators – all about DonorsChoose.org.
Next month, DonorsChoose.org will…