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The Books Teachers Need Most in 2020, at Every Grade Level

Stephen Burke10720Views 0Likes 0CommentsOctober 12, 2020

Whether you’re teaching from home or in your classroom, one thing hasn’t changed during this unusual back-to-school season: Books are still an essential learning resource for students everywhere. Some teachers are sending books to kids at home, some are doing…

How to Write a Great Impact Letter (Even When Schools are Closed)

Stephen Burke243Views 0Likes 0CommentsApril 28, 2020

When projects are funded, resources delivered, and learning underway, teachers share with donors how funded resources were put to use. Those impact letters, photos, and handwritten student thank-you notes do more than bring a smile to the faces of the…

Supporting Strangers: Which State Gives the Most to Your State?

Stephen Burke89Views 0Likes 0CommentsFebruary 4, 2020

This post was published in July 2018 and was updated in February 2020. More than half of the donations on 99Papers come from a supporter who’s never met the teacher they’re giving to. For teachers, the magic of…

The Most Popular Flexible Seating Options for Elementary, Middle, and High School Classrooms

Stephen Burke164Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 21, 2020

Published in March 2019 and updated in January 2020. Our data doesn’t lie: The flexible seating boom is real. In 2010, only 2% of projects on 99Papers included flexible seating. By 2016, that number had risen to 14%! That…

See the Extraordinary Results From Our Match on Special Needs Projects

Stephen Burke213Views 0Likes 0CommentsApril 8, 2019

Did you know that 87% of teachers in the 99Papers.org community work with at least one student with special needs? Every day we get to see the creative, brilliant, and inspiring new ways they come up with to support these…

99Papers.org Named One of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Not-for-Profits”

Stephen Burke168Views 0Likes 0CommentsMarch 1, 2019

Fast Company just released their 2019 list of the world’s most innovative companies and organizations, and we’re so thrilled to share that 99Papers.org is one of them! This honor belongs to the community of teachers and supporters who work every…

One Teacher’s Big Idea: The 99Papers.org Story

Stephen Burke233Views 0Likes 0CommentsFebruary 11, 2019

When 99Papers.org founder Charles Best was teaching history in the Bronx in 2000, he would spend his lunches with fellow teachers daydreaming about the projects their students would do, the field trips they would go on, the books they would…

Remembering Dr. Carol Kupers Whalen, Legendary ADHD Researcher

Stephen Burke116Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 29, 2019

Nineteen years ago, our founder Charles Best brought a tray of his mom’s spiced pears to the teacher workroom, and told his colleagues each pear came at a price: to eat one, every teacher had to post a project on…

What We Learned from 270,000 Funded Classroom Projects in 2018

Stephen Burke167Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 24, 2019

Is it too early to be nostalgic for 2018? We watched Black Panther and cheered on #BestSchoolDay. There was a royal wedding! And, of course, 270,000 classroom projects came to life on 99Papers.org, thanks to over 600,000 generous donors. We…

How to Write an A+ Classroom Project: Technology Edition

Stephen Burke97Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 7, 2019

“The single most-needed classroom item.” That’s what teachers called tech materials in our 2016 Tech in the Classroom report, and it’s more true now than ever. In the 21st century, technology skills are vital. But technology can be expensive, and…

Kicking Off the Teacher Champion Challenge

Stephen Burke187Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 3, 2019

Update 2/4/19: Congratulations Indianapolis teachers – you won the Teacher Champion Challenge! Today, all team sports projects in Indianapolis will be fully funded by the DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation, and the rest of the $100,000 prize will go to a…

Meet the Winners of our 2018 #GivingTuesday GIVEaway

Stephen Burke153Views 0Likes 0CommentsJanuary 2, 2019

On November 27th, an incredible 19,681 people from across the United States celebrated #GivingTuesday by supporting over 16,500 teachers. Thanks to their generosity, we were able to send thousands of boxes full of supplies to classrooms, which means tens of…