Month: November 2019

The Donor in us all!

Hello Classers, welcome back.

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Last post, we touched on five very simple ways you could show more interest and support in the public education dream. Those were some non-fiscal options that wouldn’t come too much out of pocket. But the reality of today’s world is that things cost money, right? The food we consume costs money, the medication we need to stay healthy has an eligibility deductible, the train we take to work requires a fare… and likewise, the schools we attend need tuition paid, supplies, textbooks, teachers need salaries, and other resources need to be acquired and available to facilitate the learning function.

So in essense, they need money! And lots of it!

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Class-Giving!!!!

Hello all, and welcome back!

A wonderful and warm Thankgiving to all who observes. Thankful for every single one of you World Class patrons.

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In today’s post, we want to kickstart our “Give Back” segment, which, if you think about it, is wholly appropriate as the holiday season quickly descends. As a matter of fact, “Giving Tuesday” is the Tuesday right after Thanksgiving, so it would be a wonderful time to get into the spirit to invest in a classroom. The purpose of this segment of the blog is to encourage readers as much as possible to channel their efforts into causes that are worthy and needed. The main goal of this blog is to educate but also to inspire… inspire you to invest in little ways to make our public education experience a better one.

So, to begin, we’d like to start off by highlighting five ways you can to the quality and experience of education. Continue reading →

New Jersey Quick Facts!

Hey, Classers!

Welcome to Part II of K-12 Quick Facts!

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In Part I we kicked off the blog with some really neat (and important) K-12 statistics in New York State. As promised, here’s what some of those figures look like in the state of New Jersey.

**Since updated data for 2018-19 was not available for NY state, these are also statistics for NJ 2017-18.

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