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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 […]

The donation match is over. Thank you to everyone who participated. Teachers deserve better. They deserve better treatment and resources. They deserve their voices to be listened to. This Teacher Appreciation Week, join AdoptAClassroom.org to help give teachers the resources they deserve. AdoptAClassroom.org is committed to supporting teachers by providing school supply funding for them […]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, constant changes have impacted the teaching profession. In March 2022, two years into the pandemic, AdoptAClassroom.org surveyed teachers across the country to gather teaching statistics to better understand the current state of teaching. We surveyed 4,665 PreK-12 teachers at public, private, and charter schools nationwide. Eighty-five percent of […]

AdoptAClassroom.org is proud to announce the official launch of our Indigenous Language Fund. The purpose of this fund is to support Native-focused education in Indigenous communities. With the guidance of our advisors Dr. Anton Treuer and Carly Bad Heart Bull, two Native education experts, we identified Indigenous language revitalization as an urgent need.  Indigenous language […]

Join us on February 15 7PM CT for an hour of fun, inspiration, and learning—all in support of education!

In December, a story about South Dakota teachers scrambling for $1 bills in a promotional event called “Dash for Cash” went viral. Many were shocked by the way the teachers had to compete over support from their community.  The increased need for school supplies and decreasing classroom budgets exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers now […]