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There's a group I found out about sometime in the last year, called DonorsChoose.org.
The website gets funding to individual classrooms. A teacher puts in the request; people donate money towards it. You can choose the type of project you give to -- there are a lot of music and art programs because funding tends to get cut there first -- the location, the poverty level of the school district, or the age level of the students.
Too many of the projects seem to rely on computers or other tech, but I don't have to give to them. I can give to the project that aims to give each child in a second grade classroom a plant so they can learn about their life cycle more directly. Or there are several aiming to give the students recorders.
U.S. school systems are failing. Kids in high poverty areas may not get chances to do things. I think this is a great idea.
The website gets funding to individual classrooms. A teacher puts in the request; people donate money towards it. You can choose the type of project you give to -- there are a lot of music and art programs because funding tends to get cut there first -- the location, the poverty level of the school district, or the age level of the students.
Too many of the projects seem to rely on computers or other tech, but I don't have to give to them. I can give to the project that aims to give each child in a second grade classroom a plant so they can learn about their life cycle more directly. Or there are several aiming to give the students recorders.
U.S. school systems are failing. Kids in high poverty areas may not get chances to do things. I think this is a great idea.
