Crowdfunding: The Many Options

Which Platform Is For You Recently, Scholastic posted an article, Crowdsourcing Your Classroom Funding, that provides tips on how to effectively maximize your efforts when crowdfunding. They mention three education-focused crowdfunding platforms, PledgeCents being one. The chart above was curated by the team at Scholastic to highlight the differences between…

1 Facebook Share = $7 Invested

#SharingMakesCents Sometimes we can view Facebook as a bad thing. We think our kids are spending too much time on there. Or find ourselves thinking, ‘what did Justin Bieber do today to flood our mini-feed?’ The fact is most people now get their news from Facebook, as reported by Fortune…

Oktoberfest - Classroom Edition

Hey there teacher family! The October grind has arrived. 50 days until you’re filling up on Turkey and sides, and after that? A few weeks until winter break, long weekend, long weekend, a few weeks until spring break, and a few weeks until the end of the school year…

Get The Real Picture

Co-Founder Post - Andyshea Saberioon, @andysheasabco Crowdfunding is so easy. I hear about different social needs or different entrepreneurs raising millions of dollars on these big sites. I mean if someone can raise over $50,000 to make potato salad, how difficult can it really be? If only you knew…

Cookie Dough versus The Internet

A few times a year, a cute student/child of yours/child of a friend’s probably approaches you trying to sell cookie dough, candles, wreaths, popcorn or any other numbers of products “for school.” You might make a purchase, wondering what you are going to do with a whole…

Appreciating Teachers Every Day and #TeacherAppreciationWeek

If you follow us on twitter, you are already aware that we know that teachers are superheroes. What else would you call someone who can simultaneously respond to the needs of 25+ students at once, continue to innovate year after year, and cultivate personal relationships with students, parents, and coworkers…