Even Erik Mygrant’s rascally dog Nola knew to behave for this video he created encouraging his friends to 99Papers.org.
“Secret is she had quite a bit of ice cream and peanut butter that day,” he confided in us by email…
We get to read a lot of very inspirational education quotes and lines while working here. Here’s a handy collection you can impart to your students, and anyone else you might meet.
“When you learn, teach. When you get,…
Last week we did something a little different at 99Papers.org. Here’s what we saw and what we loved.
Thursday, March 10, was the culmination of months of planning, excitement, and and a lots of nervous jitters (we were never…
By now, you may have heard already, but #BestSchoolDay centers on a pretty simple idea: Every student and teacher deserves an awesome day at school.
“We all remember a few of those special days at school, whether it was a…
What seven conversations between people on our site taught us about simple acts of civility on the Internet.
Every gift to a classroom has its own story, even if it’s not immediately obvious, and we don’t always know the…
From the moment you first read the glowing blue words and heard the bracing orchestral swell that kicks off each film, it’s always been easy to love Star Wars. Now that The Force Awakens has ignited our collective geek passions,…
The story of Honey Nut Cheerios, the Wild West of product management, how all’s fair in love and business, and the future of philanthropy.
General MillsAnn Fudge, revered businesswoman and known 99Papers.org supporter, sat down with our staff as part…
An Olympian fencer and a teacher join forces to train the athletes of tomorrow.
VICE SportsAdvance! Lunge! Passé! Retreat! Lunge! Parry! As the duelists advance and retreat, they trade the upper hand throughout the bout, each move a step toward…
99Papers is an online charity that makes it easy to help a classroom in need. This blog is the place to get 99Papers news, tips for project creation and reaching your project goal, classroom stories, and outstanding student thank-you notes.…
Very soon, 2015 will come to a close. As we reflect on a year in which donors across the country gave more than $90 million to over 132,000 classroom projects that needed it, we thought it important to share a…
As the holidays approach, we thought it would be a fine time to feature a successful project we loved this year. Today let’s journey to Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where students from pre-kindergarten to first grade now explore literacy and the arts thanks…
So…What is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is the day after Cyber Monday, explicitly devoted—in the wake of so much buying and selling after that de facto commercial holiday—to giving.
Sounds like a great idea. Who thinks of this stuff?
That…