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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

Candid

One in four students is chronically absent , and many continue to lag in math and reading scores. These effects are even stronger in schools where a majority of students face significant equity barriers because of their racial identities or zip codes. It’s use it or lose it—and our students can’t afford to lose it.

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The kids are not alright. Here’s how philanthropy can help  

Candid

The number of chronically absent students nearly doubled from 16% in the 2018–19 school year to 30% in 2021–22. Nationally, 30% of all students, or nearly 15 million kids, were chronically absent during the 2021–22 school year, when in-person learning largely resumed.

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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

TechImpact

Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shared the idea of connecting aid workers with students to share experiences. Teachers are connecting speakers from across the globe to their classrooms, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Increase Collaboration and Engagement for Students, Faculty, and Staff. Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. In addition, workflows help set up students for success with Slack and other learning tools.

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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum , a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit. ” This generation is loosely defined as those born after 1995 and who are now 18 and under. The Giving 2.0

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DonorsChoose Interview & Social Media Challenge

Amy Sample Ward

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Last year, bloggers big and small raised $270,000 to provide 65,000 students with the resources needed to learn. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. The cool part?

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing

Bloomerang

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. Mastering relevant content marketing. Environmental.

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