Student Q&A: A Senior Project to Help Teachers

Rachelle is a high school student on a mission: to help more teachers! As part of her senior project, she researched how AdoptAClassroom.org is helping teachers get what they need. We asked Rachelle more about her project and passion to help teachers like those who have helped her. AdoptAClassroom.org: What is your senior project about? […]

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Distance Learning Tips: Student Communication

We’re continuing to update our blog with distance learning tips to help teachers during this difficult transition period. Weeks into the COVID-19 outbreak, schools nationwide remain closed, many for the remainder of the school year. Teachers are  adapting their teaching strategies for distance learning, but such abrupt changes haven’t come without difficulty. Every child has […]

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5 Classroom Observations That Gave Teachers Hope

We asked teachers on social media to share 2018/2019 school year classroom observations that made them feel hopeful about the future. Teachers across the country told us some amazing stories about their students, and we’re highlighting a few of them to help others feel just as hopeful. Here are five stories that made our day: […]

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Six Tips for Communicating Student Progress to Parents

Mumble the words “report card” and watch teachers shudder with dread. When report cards are due, we dash madly to our school-issued computers to compile weeks’ worth of data into a single number or letter. We work into the night. Afterward, we struggle with the feeling that it wasn’t enough. The truth is that it’s […]

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Contest Alert!

We hope 2011 has been off to a fantastic start for you! At Adopt-A-Classroom, we’ve been involved in the Members Project contest and it’s ending soon on Feb 20, so if you haven’t voted for Adopt-A-Classroom this week (you get 1 vote per week), would you please vote today? Your vote can help us win […]

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