Category: Donors

We are highlighting a few teacher quotes to remind educators – and the public – that their work in the classroom matters. The compassion teachers show their students makes a difference. Teachers need more support. Only 7% of teachers say their classroom budgets are enough to meet students’ needs, so many educators spend their own […]

The Tracy Family Foundation wants to help get teachers and students the supplies they need this school year. They are  offering a matching gift of 2:1 to classrooms at specific schools on AdoptAClassroom.org, a nonprofit that helps educators access school supplies.  The foundation will match $200 to the first donations made to Catholic school classrooms […]

Educators across the country continue to face challenges in teaching due to the economic and emotional impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about what teachers and their students are facing during this challenging time in education, AdoptAClassroom.org surveyed educators in May 2022. Our findings show that more than two years after the […]

All students deserve an equal and fair opportunity at a quality education. Lack of resources and supplies impede many students’ ability to learn and engage in the classroom. Subaru and its retailers are making a difference by helping students access the supplies they need to learn.  In our two years of partnership with Subaru and […]

In May 2022, U.S. inflation rose to the highest level since 1981. AdoptAClassroom.org surveyed 4,103 PreK-12 teachers in May 2022 and found that they’re facing an increased financial burden. Inflation will also hurt classrooms this upcoming school year. Ninety-six percent of survey respondents said that rising costs are negatively impacting their classroom’s access to school […]

Teachers continue to face a number of issues that were amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and caused a significant increase to their workloads. A recent AdoptAClassroom.org survey of 4,103 PreK-12 teachers found that an increased number of educators may leave teaching for good as a result of teacher burnout. In our May 2022 survey, 13% […]

This school year, celebrate a teacher in your life with one of our five best gifts for teachers. Your gift can honor their hard work or help them stock their classroom with the supplies they need.

As we come to the close of another school year, we want to say THANK YOU!

For about five minutes at the beginning of the pandemic, teachers were superheroes. As a veteran teacher of 30 years, who taught K-3 students in the Bay area, as well as the next generation of teachers at UC Berkeley, it was disheartening to watch the appreciation for teachers turn to condemnation. All too quickly, people […]