- An AdoptAClassroom.org survey found that 91% of teachers buy basic supplies for their students. 67% buy food and snacks; 30% buy warm outerwear, and 29% buy such items as soap and toilet paper.
- According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 21% of those 18 and younger live in poverty, and 11% of children between 6 and 18 live in a household where neither parent has at least a high school diploma or GED.
- Student debt reached $1 trillion this year and grows every day, mostly because of the economy but also because they lack a financial education.
- A Gallup poll finds that about 50% of almost one million kids in grades 5-12 are hopeful about their futures; 66% have a high sense of well-being.
- A recent Dell survey found that 63% of our teachers feel their students “know how to use technology better than they do.”
