Two organizations that we at DonorsChoose.org have a lot of respect for are Teach for America and the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP). That’s why we jumped at the chance to work with our colleagues here in Atlanta to convene a panel made up of: Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP, and our own founder, Charles Best.
These three Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners spoke on June 10th, about improving education in our country. They also shared some fun stories about starting their organizations – who knew U2’s “Achtung Baby” played a key part in the founding of KIPP or that it would take some tasty treats to convince the first teachers to use DonorsChoose.org?
The audience made up of community leaders spanning foundations, corporations, the government, and education, participated in the discussion and networked before and after the event. Further demonstrating the collaboration among our organizations, a first grade Teach for America teacher, a fifth grade KIPP teacher who had received resources through DonorsChoose.org, as well as Jaime Williams, previously featured on our blog for her class’ Pay It Forward project, also attended.
The strong turnout really spoke to the emphasis that Atlanta leaders place on education. We at DonorsChoose.org are excited and energized to be a part of this great community of organizations and leaders as we work toward providing solutions to the challenges that face education today!
- Give our Shared Reading a Boost!
- Help - Our Books are Homeless!
- ABC, 123, Kindergarten is a Learning Journey!
If you enjoyed this post, you can subscribe to receive new posts via email or RSS!
