Action Tips: Take Action Around Education
Support the Do Something 101 Campaign
Collect school supplies for kids in need and drop them at your local Staples store during the summer. Do Something 101 Campaign.
Help Fight the Drop-Out Crisis
Send a word of encouragement to a struggling high school student. Even a small vote of confidence can go a long way
Be an Advocate
Push your school system for the help you need to succeed. Ask to be challenged. Show everyone how successful you are.
Convene a Local Dropout Summit.
Highlight the needs facing students in your school by engaging local leaders in a discussion about the challenges young people face and the ways these problems can be addressed.
Parter with a Local Organization
Join the Strong American Schools campaign to galvanize the public to demand change and real leadership on education.
Support Great Teachers
Visit iloveschools.com and find a teacher that needs your new or used donations. You can even start a collection drive to get teachers supplies they need for their classrooms!
Ready, Set, Teach!
Start a tutoring program at your school
Not ready to start a tutoring program or maybe your school already has one? Join a local program (look into your local YMCA or Boys & Girls club) and become a tutor for other kids.
Think you have nothing to teach? If you know another language, you can tutor kids in immigrant communities. It takes 2-3 hours a week and you’ll feel awesome after.
Roll Camera
Film a documentary about education issues in your area and use it to raise awareness about the problems.
Screen education-related documentaries like “Say It Loud” the film created by Do Something Grant Winner Jordan Coleman
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we need to try helping out those who are thinking of such meanings of droping out or failing their grade levels.