Articles from DonorsChoose

In a survey of teachers by DonorsChoose, educators underscore the role of community funding for their classrooms and report the need for more professional development

As the leading way to support public schools, DonorsChoose with W. Kamau Bell launches a series of ways to harness $1 million in ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ winnings to support students and teachers across the country.

New York, New York, Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Education nonprofit DonorsChoose today announced the results of Connecticut’s 2024 Connecticut Educator Support Funds Initiative—a $4 million investment of ARP ESSER funds by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) to help public school educators access more resources for their individual classrooms. Through that investment, the CSDE was able to directly fund 4,634 DonorsChoose projects submitted by Connecticut teachers requesting resources for 756 schools across the state.

In its fifth year of partnership with DonorsChoose, Panda Cares has funded over $15 million in classroom resources for schools in Panda Express® communities

DonorsChoose, the leading education nonprofit that connects public school teachers with public donors, today announced that Robert F. Smith, Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), and PowerSchool fulfilled over 1,800 teacher funding requests for classroom supplies by over 1,300 teachers at over 670 schools where more than 50% of the student population is African American, across 6 southern cities plus a surrounding 100-mile radius. The donation, worth over $1.25 million, will support teachers in predominantly Black schools in and around Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans – communities that are home to half of all Black people in the country.