Teacher Life

Find out why our donors love making the holidays the most wonderful time of the year for DonorsChoose teachers.

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.

US public schools are experiencing a historic teacher shortage, so retaining great teachers is key to ensuring students have great learning experiences. Research shows that funding a DonorsChoose project helps keep teachers in the classroom.

This teacher-recommended playlist will get you pumped up and ready for anything.

Our teachers shared their favorite classroom items under $40 that bring a million bucks’ worth of usefulness, relief, or ease to their school day.

This holidays, generous donors and partners helped raise $16 million in classroom giving. Take a peek at these five heartwarming projects that got funding!

Teachers share their gratitude — and their notes and photos are equal parts inspiring and heartwarming.

Yvette Nicole Brown, Emmy-nominated* actress, host, producer shares a heartfelt message for our teachers.

There’s something about these color coordinated — and empty — classrooms that make you think anything is possible!

These universal DonorsChoose experiences bind us together from one school year to the next.

Explore ways your next DonorsChoose project can bring much-needed joy and wellness to your classroom.

We asked members of our Teacher Community who’ve already made the transition to share their best tips and tricks.