RAFT News
Here you can find the latest and greatest RAFT announcements!
- 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 ...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
- Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!: Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the hard work and the significant impact you, as educators, make in the lives of your students. We all have stories of that one teacher that made such a difference i ...continue
- RAFT Honors Mike Hackworth: We lost a dear friend and long-time supporter of RAFT this week. Mike Hackworth, active with various philanthropic efforts in the community, passed away on April 21st. Mike, who served on RAFT’s Board Marketing Committee as well as on ...continue
- Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Honors Six Science Ed: Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) recently recognized six science educators whose students use recycled materials in creative and resourceful ways and/or used hands-on learning elements in their project at the Synopsys Silicon Valley Scienc ...continue
- Stanford student partners with RAFT to create hands on : Affordable and accessible RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) materials help Stanford University student make educational hands on Activity Kits to effectively engage children with special needs. Krystal Le, a sophomore at Stanford University ...continue
- Get 5-15% off RAFT’s science kits in the online store: March is Science Month at RAFT. Stock up on RAFT’s fun and engaging science kits, or create your own with kit supplies at RAFT’s online store. During the month of March, science products are discounted 5-15%. Online only. >& ...continue
- Have your own classroom science fair today with RAFT ha: Can’t make it to the White House Science Fair today? Here are some great hands on ideas for your own local Science Fair! Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) has over 600 Idea Sheets with more than 400 focused on Sciences – Life Science, E ...continue
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- 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
