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Mrs. Fabian from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Better Teaching

Help me give my students books that will teach their teacher about the relationship between race and education.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Fabian's classroom raised $503

This project is fully funded

My Students

My second-grade class is made of 28 amazing children. They range in diversity and ability. Some are Autistic, and many receive special education services. We are a Title I school, and all of my students are from low-income households, so they all receive free breakfast and lunch every day.

My students love learning, and they work very hard each day.

Their creativity inspires both me and each other. I am consistently humbled by their tenacious spirits, their loving hearts, and their curiosity about the world.

My Project

As a white woman who teaches children of color, I acknowledge that I have much to learn when it comes to race in America. In order to best give my amazing students the teacher they deserve, I need to better understand the history of race in our country and how it relates to education. With this project, I am requesting books that will help me understand my students' backgrounds and how those backgrounds affect their education. In turn, I will be able to better meet my students' educational needs in a culturally responsive way. Thanks in advance for supporting this project!

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Philadelphia, PA
Grades PreK-2
Literacy
Books
Distance Learning
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Fabian Eleanor C Emlen Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Harvest in Translation) • Amazon Business $38.16 1 $38.16

Black Looks: Race and Representation • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students • Amazon Business $31.72 1 $31.72

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) • Amazon Business $19.54 1 $19.54

Between the World and Me • Amazon Business $16.20 1 $16.20

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99

Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

A Black Women's History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) • Amazon Business $14.86 1 $14.86

The Hill We Climb and Other Poems • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America • Amazon Business $14.44 1 $14.44

The Wretched of the Earth • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99

Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (City Lights Open Media) • Amazon Business $13.93 1 $13.93

America's Original Sin • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87

Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder's Meditations on Hope and Courage • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59

How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools • Amazon Business $12.04 1 $12.04

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

So You Want to Talk About Race • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66

The Fire Next Time • Amazon Business $7.74 1 $7.74

The Souls of Black Folk • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89

The Mis-Education of the Negro • Amazon Business $4.85 1 $4.85

Materials cost			$387.37
Vendor shipping charges			$3.99
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.81
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$427.17
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$75.38
Total project goal			$502.55
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$502.55
4 Donors			-$276.28
Donations toward project cost			-$234.84
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$41.44
match offer			-$226.27
Match offer toward project cost			-$192.33
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$33.94
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Books for Better Teaching

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Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
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