Identify-Affirming Classrooms

Books can take us to new worlds (windows) or affirm our own identities (mirrors). Explore our collection of inclusive reading lists that will bring both to your bookshelves today.

Check out these top picks and find your students’ (or your own!) next read.

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. 

Celebrate Lunar New Year authentically with support from Panda Express

Every kid deserves to see their traditions and culture reflected in the books they read. And every kid should have access to books about cultures beyond their own. Check out these must-read titles from Native American authors.

Looking for ways to celebrate Indigenous People's Day in your classroom? These resources will help you get started!

Meet Amanda Calzada, your DonorsChoose teacher representative! For Hispanic and Latinx Heritage month, she is sharing how her Latina identity and authentic self benefits her students.

These book titles are our teachers’ most requested books that celebrate Hispanic and Latino heritage and voices.

Challenge stereotypes and encourage the public to help your students reach their goals with these tips for using asset framing in your writing.

Celebrating Pride shows students that they are in a safe space. Here's how DonorsChoose teachers are supporting their students through classroom projects.

We celebrate our LGBTQ students and teachers. This Pride Month, our CEO Alix Guerrier shares why our LGBTQ students need us to stand with them.

AAPI Heritage Month is a time to embrace and highlight the AAPI community. Check out the exciting ways that teachers are celebrating this month!