For years students everywhere have taunted, dared, and double-dog-dared each other to cross the threshold into the most sacred school space: The Teacher’s Lounge. Finally, we here at DonorsChoose.org have taken it upon ourselves to put an end to the…
On April 27th Josh Douglas plans on running the Nashville Marathon. He isn’t searching for personal glory or fame. Instead he runs for the children. Just in time for Autism Awareness Month, Josh hopes to provide support to special needs…
To celebrate Earth Day 2013, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation is partnering with DonorsChoose.org to match $25,000 in donations to “green” classroom projects. “Our goal this Earth Day is to encourage youth stewardship by supporting hands-on waste reduction and recycling…
At DonorsChoose.org we have noticed a recent trend in technology-based project requests. Teachers recognize that we live in an age of information and are excited to bring items such as iPads, laptops, iPods, and Kindles into their classrooms. Eric Crouch…
Since the holidays are nearly upon us, Mrs. Contreras’ students at Gates Elementary in Los Angeles, CA have repeatedly asked her if they could create holiday “masterpieces” to bring home to their parents as holiday gifts. Most of the students…
How can we use technology to engage today’s children – the “Net Generation?” Ms. Mora of In-tech Academy in New York, NY thinks that incorporating technology into the classroom is one way to answer this question.
Ms. Mora’s students face…
This holiday season Mrs. Parker of Burton Elementary School in Burton, TX has the perfect winter book to teach her third-graders. So far, Mrs. Parker has only been able to complete one reading unit with her students. Because this unit…
Ms. M of Elementary School 8 in Bellville, NY asks you to think back to your time in elementary school. Think back to the days you did crafts in class and how excited you were to show them to your…
The students at Bush Elementary School in Houston, TX are a diverse group of children who have an extreme passion for music. Ms. Williams has requested a number of musical and percussion instruments and costumes for her Pre-kindergarten to 4th…
Ms. Guenson of James M. Singleton Charter School in New Orleans, LA has requested an everyday calendar for kindergarten classroom. The kindergarteners in Ms. Guenson’s class enter the year without the educational foundation from preschool or home learning. She reveals…
This holiday season Ms. Meditz of Skyview Elementary School in Pinellas Park, FL hopes to open her students’ eyes to the different cultures of their classmates. Her class is frequently in a situation where they hear their classmates speaking in…
Remember all of the crafts you brought home to your parents? How the picture would spend weeks and weeks on the fridge? The macaroni collages, handprint turkeys, and cotton ball snowmen? Unfortunately, the fridges of Mrs. Shirley’s class at Thompkins…