BEST SCHOOL DAY

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Sheryl Sandberg Teams Up With DonorsChoose To Support Schools In Need
By Rahel Gebreyes
"Education is everything."
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Ashton Kutcher Gives Huge Thanks To His Education, Pledges To Help Kids Have Their #BestSchoolDay
By Kira Brekke
The actor said his teachers "probably believed in me more than I believed in myself."
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Samuel L. Jackson Recalls His Best School Memories, Pledges To Donate To Schools
By Kira Brekke
"I loved my education in the Chattanooga school system."
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Serena Williams Opens Up About Loving Recess, Spelling Bees And Helping Students Have Their #BestSchoolDay
By Kira Brekke
"Having a good education has opened so many different doors for me."
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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Is Giving Back To Help Kids Have Their #BestSchoolDay Ever
By Rahel Gebreyes
He looked back on his best school day memory and shared how he's helping schools in his area.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Your Favorite Celebs Discuss Their #BestSchoolDay To Help Support Schools In Need
By Kira Brekke
"Teachers are working so hard, so hard, to educate our youth," Dwight Howard said.
EDUCATION
Paul G. Allen Gives Washington State Teachers the #BestSchoolDay
By Dave Ferrero, Contributor
Senior Program Officer for Education Philanthropy at Vulcan Inc.
When our public schools are underfunded, teachers and students pay the price. Teachers spend an average of $500 out of pocket each year on projects, supplies, trips and tools because they know students deserve to see adults investing in their educational experiences.
EDUCATION
How to Support Teachers in Your Community
By Craig Newmark, Contributor
Founder, craigslist + Craig Newmark Foundation
We need to get behind our teachers-in-need, and access the power and potential of online communities (organized via flash funding/crowdsourcing initiatives and otherwise) to get stuff done.
EDUCATION
Sparking the Interest of the Next Generation of Creative Problem Solvers
By Laura Overdeck, Contributor
Founder and President, Bedtime Math
Ms. Napolitano, my daughter's fourth-grade science teacher, could have simply explained "force equals mass times acceleration" on a whiteboard. Instead, she had her students make marshmallow catapults and discover Newton's first law for themselves -- to the profound chagrin of the kids who missed that particular class.
EDUCATION
Celebrating the #BestSchoolDay in the Carolinas
By Ric Elias, Contributor
CEO of Red Ventures
All children, regardless of geography or circumstance, should have equal opportunity to get the best education possible -- and a critical part of that is having the tools and resources that enable learning.
EDUCATION
Why Making Today the #BestSchoolDay Ever Is Important to Me
By Brad Smith 839, Contributor
Chairman & CEO of Intuit
A few years back, a friend introduced me to DonorsChoose.org. Living in California, I was excited to learn that I could choose a teacher and classroom project from my home state, and could help a West Virginia teacher get what they needed for their classroom. It gave me the chance to "pay it forward."
EDUCATION
What Donors Choose and #BestSchoolDay Mean to Me
By Genein Letford, Contributor
Music educator, 2015 Hart Vision Teacher of the Year, DonorsCh...
My favorite teachers changed its trajectory. Teachers are unsung heroes. They breathe life into young minds and introduce them to worlds and disciplines and practices they'd never know otherwise.
EDUCATION
Remembering Our #BestSchoolDay And Creating Them for Our Students
By Genein Letford, Contributor
Music educator, 2015 Hart Vision Teacher of the Year, DonorsCh...
When I picked up a trumpet for the first time, it seemed as if I was picking up shiny metal tubes molded together, but in actuality I was picking up the gateway to my future. I bonded with my teachers who pushed me beyond self-imposed limits and I learned lessons that shaped the woman I am today.
EDUCATION
Say Yes to DonorsChoose.org!
By Karen Leshner, Contributor
President of Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation
It's clear to me that one great teacher can be a catalyst -- with the unique ability to encourage and inspire hundreds of students over their careers. Teachers are the most important members of the American workforce, yet they certainly aren't treated that way.
EDUCATION
Why We Want to Make Every Day the #BestSchoolDay
By Charles Best, Contributor
Contributor
Too many students don't have the resources they need. Today, we start to change that.
IMPACT
Even When Times Are Tough, This Educator Makes Her Students Feel Like It's Christmas
By Rebecca Klein
This small-town educator is fiercely dedicated to her students.
IMPACT
When This Teacher Lost Her Classroom In A Tornado, DonorsChoose Came To The Rescue
By Rebecca Klein
The nonprofit stepped in to provide an oasis for the children.
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