Friday 21 October 2016

How One Wealthy Manhattan School is Fighting Inequality

by Bliss Broyard, Time

Using the online fundraising site Donors Choose, parents from P.S. 87 are funding requests from teachers at various elementary schools (not including Jorge’s school to avoid any conflicts of interest) to purchase high-interest books for upper grade class libraries or educational STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) toys such as roller ramps and magnetic tiles for Pre-K classes—the kind of stuff routinely found in classrooms and family homes in more affluent communities. So far, School 2 School has raised almost $14,000 for 27 different projects at 11 different schools.

http://time.com/4516924/how-one-wealthy-manhattan-school-is-fighting-inequality/

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=19530

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