Comments on: HP contributes $250,000 to the Social Media Challenge! http://www.donorschoose.org/blog/2009/10/20/hp-contributes-250000-to-the-social-media-challenge/ Announcements, news and commentary from the DonorsChoose.org Team Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:42:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Gandia http://www.donorschoose.org/blog/2009/10/20/hp-contributes-250000-to-the-social-media-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-26676 Ed Gandia Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:19:30 +0000 http://blog.donorschoose.org/blog/2009/10/20/hp-contributes-250000-to-the-social-media-challenge/#comment-26676 I think you guys are an incredible organization. And this HP sponsorship is fantastic! Question: I'm trying to start a grassroots effort to get more personal finance and entrepreneurial education in our classrooms. Our severe lack of financial literacy is a big reason why we're in the mess we're in today. And our high schoolers' ignorance of business (what it takes to start and run one...how they work...how they create jobs and prosperity...how they help further the cause of freedom and free enterprise) is frightening. Is DonorsChoose doing anything to help promote these types of projects to teachers? More specifically, what would it take to get MORE teachers to come up with project ideas around these two important topics? I've been contributing to projects via DonorsChoose since this summer, but I rarely find any in these areas. I truly believe that if more teachers committed to posting such projects, we could find MANY donors to step up to the plate...and dozens of bloggers to help spread the word. Thoughts? I think you guys are an incredible organization. And this HP sponsorship is fantastic!

Question: I’m trying to start a grassroots effort to get more personal finance and entrepreneurial education in our classrooms. Our severe lack of financial literacy is a big reason why we’re in the mess we’re in today. And our high schoolers’ ignorance of business (what it takes to start and run one…how they work…how they create jobs and prosperity…how they help further the cause of freedom and free enterprise) is frightening.

Is DonorsChoose doing anything to help promote these types of projects to teachers? More specifically, what would it take to get MORE teachers to come up with project ideas around these two important topics?

I’ve been contributing to projects via DonorsChoose since this summer, but I rarely find any in these areas. I truly believe that if more teachers committed to posting such projects, we could find MANY donors to step up to the plate…and dozens of bloggers to help spread the word.

Thoughts?

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