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2012
RAFT Awarded Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating Again!: RAFT was recently awarded Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. This is the third consecutive year we have received four out of a possible four stars. It i ...continue- RAFT Best Selling Hands On Activity Kits for Back to Sc: Thousands of educators are taking advantage of the week-long annual Back to School launch events at RAFT to shop for items to prepare their classrooms and to provide hands-on learning activities for their students at affordable prices. The ...continue
- Summer Math Institute: 3rd-5th Grades:: Join us for our next Math Institute this Summer at RAFT! This 3-day RAFT Math Institute introduces educators to the fundamentals of visual based learning of math concepts through hands-on approaches. Learn a ‘hands-on’ approach ...continue
- Full STEAM Ahead for 35 San Mateo County Schools: Through the generosity of the San Mateo County Arts Commission, thirty-five San Mateo County schools have been selected, and will each receive a basket of art materials valued at $80.00. Schools receiving these baskets will be able to provi ...continue
RAFT News
Here you can find the latest and greatest RAFT announcements!
- RAFT Summer Quarterly Newsletter: This issue of the Quarterly Newsletter features: How RAFT honors a diverse range of educators for exceptional hands-on teaching with our quarterly Hands-On Award and the annual Robert Brownlee Award. We hope these profiles inspire you to te ...continue
- Recognizing Exceptional Teaching: At RAFT we see examples of exceptional teaching every single day. Educators from in and outside the classroom come through our doors and to the online store looking for ideas and resources that will help them convey complex concepts and g ...continue
- Common Core Connections to RAFT Hands-on Teaching: Hands-on strategies will play a pivotal role in Common Core (and, later on, Next Generation Science) instruction, which emphasizes how students find answers and solutions (critical thinking, evaluation, research, etc.) rather than simply th ...continue
- New and Coming Soon Highlights: Refresh, Restore, Reset – During these so-called lazy days of summer, we could not be busier and more focused than we are right now getting everything ready for Back-to-School, the biggest shopping time of the year for teachers. We ha ...continue
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2013
- Flextronics Renews its Support of RAFT’s Mission to Inspire Hands-on Learning. 2012
- Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Announces the 2012 RAFT Fellows, Advocates for Hands on Teaching.
- Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Honors Six Science Educators with Teacher Awards at the Synopsys Science & Technology Championship.
- Stanford Student Partners With RAFT to Create Hands On Activity Kits for Kids With Autism.
