http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HiH_VrLJo
On April 21, 2009, comedian Stephen Colbert moderated an education panel at New York’s Manhattan Bridges High School in which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant of $4.1 million to non-profit DonorsChoose.org. Colbert, a board member and supporter of the charity, explained how this online organization allows teachers to request needed funding from individual donors for classroom projects not covered by school budgets.
Related classroom projects:
- Math Intervention Needs Some Intervention
- Picture This - Students Who Love to Write!
- Readers are Leaders!
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