August 2014 - dayforessay.com

Teachers defining what they need and contributing to solutions

Margie25Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 29, 2014

Guest Blogger: Vicki Phillips, Director of College-Ready Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation As I’ve discussed in previous posts, one of the Gates Foundation’s most pressing priorities is to remove the obstacles that impede quality teaching and learning. The College Ready team and I spend lots of time visiting schools, listening to teachers, and…

We’re Trying Something New – Our Very First Trip Vendor

Laura27Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 26, 2014

We’re excited to announce our partnership with CICERO Class Trips. We heard from our teachers that they were eager to submit trip projects, but wanted a helping hand when it came to the paperwork. We have good news! We’re piloting CICERO Class Trips as our trip vendor. When teachers create their trip project on 99Papers.org,…

What Teachers Need Most, and the World’s Best Back-To-School Sale

Chris Pearsall29Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 22, 2014

It’s back-to-school season, and teachers need our help to ensure their students come back to fully stocked classrooms. But what do teachers actually need? We took a look at what teachers requested most often during the 2013/2014 school year, and books won by a landslide. Teachers requested books 250,000 times last year – that’s…

Oh the Mural-ity: Bringing an Artist to your Classroom

Laura28Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 21, 2014

First grade teacher Jessica D’Amato describes her experience on 99Papers.org, and her inspiration for her class visitor project: Oh the Mural-ity. I have been teaching for 11 years, and have been using 99Papers.org I believe since it was founded, about 10 years ago. When I began teaching I was a 2nd grade teacher in a trailer…

Google and Staples Fund Every Chicago Teacher’s Classroom Dream

Dan Blum26Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 7, 2014

Back-to-school dreams came true today in Chicago thanks to the generosity of Google and Staples! All Chicago teachers with a live project request on 99Papers.org had their projects fully funded. This means that new books, instruments, supplies and technology will be in the hands of thousands of deserving Chicago students, just in time for the…

Buy Lysol Products, Help Students Learn

Kirk Smiley26Views 0Likes 0CommentsAugust 1, 2014

Here’s a quick way to support teachers and students while you take care of your usual household shopping! From August 1, 2014 through August 31, 2014, Lysol will donate 5% of all retail sales of their products sold at Staples and Staples.com to fund classroom projects on 99Papers.org. Funding will be applied as a…