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25 Equity Focus Schools to Know

Get to know 25 of the many Equity Focus Schools on DonorsChoose whose teachers and students are doing amazing things.

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Power Home Remodeling Inspired Employee Engagement through Meaningful Connection, No Matter the Distance
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18 Classroom Projects to Make Your Heart Soar
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High School Teachers: Support Teen Mental Health with These 7 Resources As Part of Google.org’s $10M Initiative
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Reading the Rainbow: Essential LGBTQ Books to Brighten Your Bookshelf

Add some pride to your library with these top teacher-requested books featuring LGBTQ stories and characters.

Images shows the book covers of Drama by Raina Telgemeier, Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Julián Is a Mermaid, by Jessica Love, and A Family Is a Family Is a Family, by Sara O’Leary
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21 Must-Have Books by Black Authors For Your Class Library
Time for Kids and Your Hot Job
Three Career-Readiness Lesson Plans for 3rd–8th Grade Using TIME for Kids’ Your 🔥 Job
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7 Items to stock (or start!) your Essentials Stash
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25 Equity Focus Schools to Know

Get to know 25 of the many Equity Focus Schools on DonorsChoose whose teachers and students are doing amazing things.

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Teacher Appreciation Week 2024 on DonorsChoose
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Beyond Black History Month: 16 Organizations Doing Amazing Work All Year Long
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Black Excellence in Education: 5 Teachers Making an Impact
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Explore local classroom projects

Explore projects from teachers down the street, in your hometown, or in school districts with the greatest need.

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Asset-Framing in Email Fundraising

We teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the effectiveness of asset framing in email fundraising and encourage donors to help students reach their goals. 

Two student thank you notes on a table with classroom supplies on the left of the image and the POWER logo on the right side
Power Home Remodeling Inspired Employee Engagement through Meaningful Connection, No Matter the Distance
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Google’s $10 million Initiative aims to provide mental health resources to one million high school students
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High School Teachers: Support Teen Mental Health with These 7 Resources As Part of Google.org’s $10M Initiative
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These Districts are Partnering with DonorsChoose to Promote Equity

Find out how our Equity Accelerator Initiative (EAI) is helping districts provide equitable student access to the learning materials.

Watch: DonorsChoose Survey Suggests a Path Forward for Recruiting and Retaining Black Male Educators
How the Utah State Board of Education Delivered $12 million in Federal COVID Funding to Teachers in 2 Weeks
Here’s a new way for your teachers to get innovative projects funded
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Ideas for the Classroom

Empowering the Next Generation: How The Allstate Foundation Fuels Impact through Youth-Led Service
Holiday Shopping for Your Classroom
Three Lesson Plans Using the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Free Digital Resources for Students

Funding Opportunities

Empowering the Next Generation: How The Allstate Foundation Fuels Impact through Youth-Led Service
Teacher Appreciation Week 2024 on DonorsChoose
Teacher stories, big fundings, and celebrity sightings: Black History Month on DonorsChoose 2024

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