Mission Statement
Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers with community partners and funds to purchase resources for the classroom
How We Fund Our Operations
Many people ask, "if Adopt-A-Classroom passes 100% of donations to the classroom, how does it support its operations?"
Adopt-A-Classroom receives financial support for its operations in the form of unrestricted contributions from foundations, businesses and individuals. In addition, Adopt-A-Classroom affiliate vendors donate a percentage of sales back to the organization to support the Adopt-A-Classrooms mission.
Education Issues We Address
Teachers, our education system’s most integral component, suffer from inadequate resources in the classroom, which, in turn, hampers their ability to meet students’ needs. To compensate, teachers spend an average of $1,200 of their own money every school year - totally $4 billion annually - purchasing materials for their classrooms, undermining teacher morale, and ultimately student success.
Research supports that teacher morale and teachers’ use of hands-on learning materials in the classroom have a direct impact on student achievement.
Adopt-A-Classroom empowers teachers with additional funds to mitigate their out-of-pocket expenses and to purchase hands-on learning resources so they can transform their classrooms into vibrant centers for learning. The community support not only bolsters teacher morale but also student enthusiasm for school.
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