All About TakePart’s Great Back-to-School Challenge

Forty dollars per month.

That’s the average amount American teachers spend out of their own pockets to purchase school supplies for their students. With severe budget cuts, many schools can’t provide the key supplies and resources that ensure students receive the best possible education, so teachers are picking up the slack.

Fortunately, there’s a really simple way you can give these dedicated teachers a hand. 

Throughout the month of September, TakePart is partnering with DonorsChoose.org for our Great Back-to-School Challenge. Every day we’ll be shining a light on a different classroom in need—and their excellent teachers—on our Great Back-to-School Challenge page. 

Whether it’s funding for books, musical instruments, or art supplies, what all of these great projects have in common is that a little money will go a long way in helping educate hundreds of students across America.

It’s really simple to take part: Simply click through and donate $5, $10 or $50!

And you don’t have to stop there. DonorsChoose.org offers a great platform for citizens to empower public school teachers with just the click of a mouse. Search by school, city, county, or subject.

Have a passion for geography? Just type “atlas” into the search field and see what comes up. Serious about Shakespeare? There’s probably a classroom looking to make the Bard come to life. And the best part? After completing a project, the donors hear back directly from the classroom they supported.

To date, 88,000 public and charter school teachers have used DonorsChoose.org to secure $30.3 million in funding for books, art supplies, technology, and other resources. 

Want to do your part to help them out? All it takes is the click of a mouse.