Tag: teachers

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 […]

Teaching has been immensely challenging over the last few years. Teachers have had to facilitate learning in the face of traumatic events happening in their communities and worldwide. While it’s important to address these events in the classroom, it can be hard to sort through trauma-informed teaching practices to find the right way to speak […]

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 […]

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 […]

Classroom grants can help educators accomplish large-scale learning initiatives, transform their classroom space, and mitigate their classroom spending. To help educators navigate applying for classroom funding, AdoptAClassroom.org has assembled a list of grants for teachers.  The list below contains opportunities from AdoptAClassroom.org, as well as education-oriented nonprofits and foundations. We’ve arranged the grants for teachers […]

Note: The donation match is over! Thank you to everyone who participated. Teachers are struggling. Many thought that last school year was the hardest year they would face in their careers. However, this year continues to have a challenging political climate, rising COVID cases, and intense teacher shortages.  AdoptAClassroom.org is helping people support teachers in […]

At AdoptAClassroom.org, we want to make sure that educators have the resources they need to support their students. We’ve seen more and more teachers spend their AdoptAClassroom.org donations on supplies for social emotional learning activities.  To help, we’ve assembled some resources below for educators who want to integrate more social emotional learning activities into their […]

In September 2020, Lenovo launched the Lenovo Teacher Giveaway in partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org. During the 13-month sweepstakes, 24 teachers won $1,000 each to purchase school supplies on AdoptAClassroom.org. The sweepstakes came to a close in September 2021, when the final winners were announced, including one Grand Prize winner who received $2,500 from Lenovo and a […]

Teachers spend a lot of their own time and money to create lesson plans and purchase resources to increase student engagement. At AdoptAClassroom.org, we provide PreK-12 teachers with flexible funding for their classrooms through crowdfunding, giveaways, and grants to help them meet their student’s needs.  We recently asked our community of expert teachers how they […]