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  • Guest Post: DonorsChoose.org CEO on why Our School Needs is so important. - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/10/18/guest-post-donorschoose-org-ceo-on-why-our-school-needs-is-so-important.aspx

    During the five years I taught history at Wings Academy, a public high school in the Bronx, my colleagues and I often lamented a problem that drained learning from students and creativity from teachers: a lack of funding for essential materials and for the activities that bring subject matter to life...
  • TV’s Maria Menounos Delivers for Our School Needs - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/09/23/tv-s-maria-menounos-delivers-for-our-school-needs.aspx

    To show her support for the Our School Needs contest, Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos delivered much-needed funds and supplies to the unique Academia Semillas Del Pueblo . Known for its multi-language curriculum (Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and others), the East L.A. grade school was in dire need...
  • Webinar - Our School Needs Q&A with Liz - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/10/15/webinar-our-school-needs-q-amp-a-with-liz.aspx

    In a webinar last week, Liz teamed up with Melanie Duppins from DonorsChoose.org to answer teachers’ questions about the Our School Needs contest — everything from how to produce an eye-catching submission to whether a single school can submit two entries. Since some of you out there...
  • Guest Blog: Donorschoose.org CEO Charles Best - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/12/03/guest-blog-donorschoose-org-ceo-charles-best.aspx

    Oprah and her viewers have played an integral role in the growth and success of DonorsChoose.org. When we launched DonorsChoose.org, we spent the first few years operating out of my classroom with my students as our staff members. In 2003, Oprah Winfrey did a phenomenal story about our site. She told...
  • Guest Blog: Our Schools Need...Us! - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/11/04/guest-blog-our-schools-need-us.aspx

    If you're like me, reading the Our School Needs entries has been extremely revealing. It was hard to read that there are children going to school in facilities that aren't adequately heated; that have moldy canopies covering the lunch tables; that have ancient playground equipment-or none at...
  • Announcement: Bing’s Million Dollar Giving Challenge - Blog Post

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/Site_Blogs/b/education/archive/2010/11/22/bing-s-million-dollar-giving-challenge-to-help-schools.aspx

    In the spirit of the holiday season, Bing and partner Donorschoose.org are offering a singular challenge to America: help us help schools. Bing will donate $1,000,000 to schools through the Bing Million Dollar Giving Challenge. The goal is simple: help us raise $1,000,000 for U.S. public schools by...