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3 Strategies to Create an Inspiring School Website
Picture this: You’re a parent looking for the right high school to enroll your child in. After searching for local schools, you find a website for an institution just a few miles away from your house. Enthusiastically, you open the website, only to find that the site is hard to

Selecting College Musical Theater Audition Materials: 4 Tips
Especially when you’re planning to pursue a performing arts education, choosing the right college is a major decision. You have to determine not only where your diploma will come from, but also what training will best prepare you to turn your passion into your profession. To get to the point

5 College Website Design Trends to Know
Higher education websites are crucial information hubs for colleges and universities. These websites must appeal to a wide range of audience members, including current and prospective students, parents, alumni, faculty members, community members, and more. To accommodate such a wide variety of visitors, your university’s website must take advantage of

47 Easy and Profitable Fundraising Ideas For Schools
As a student, parent, educator, volunteer, or staff member, you likely have your fair share of experience when it comes to fundraising ideas for schools. You might be pumped to get started with your school’s next campaign. But you also might be burnt out by the task. Either way, choosing

15 Tried-and-True Tips for Matching Gifts & Higher Education
Schools need funds to run at all, let alone to run smoothly. This is true in pre-kindergarten classes through higher education institutions. One revenue stream that many colleges and universities continuously underutilize, however, is corporate matching gifts. As a key form of workplace giving program, matching gifts and higher education

5 Impactful Ways to Engage Your School’s Volunteers
Most schools rely on volunteers to get things done—from PTA management to field trip chaperoning and more. These dedicated individuals are often the backbone of the institution, which is why it’s so essential to proactively engage your school’s volunteers in strategic and impactful ways. At SchoolMoney, our top suggestions include:

8 Crucial Alumni Data Points Your School Needs to Know
For many schools, the institution’s alumni are some of its most significant supporters—especially when it comes to fundraising initiatives. After all, these individuals know firsthand the impact the school has on its students, faculty, and community at large. But what the school knows about this group (i.e., which alumni data

4 Easy Ways to Find Alumni Employment Data for Schools
Does your school have access to the alumni employment data you need to optimize your fundraising and engagement efforts? Some of our favorite school fundraising ideas for institutions of all shapes and sizes have to do with effectively utilizing corporate philanthropy. Partnering with businesses both worldwide and in your community

12+ Best School Fundraising Platforms to Help Match Gifts
School fundraising platforms can drastically simplify and amplify the fundraising process for all types of schools—from kindergarten classes to Ivy League universities. But with so many software providers to choose from, how can you be sure you’re making the right decision? As you explore various fundraising platforms in search of

The Universal Preschool Debate: Pros and Cons
There is no secret that the cost of daycare around the country can be quite expensive, and many working parents often struggle to find affordable care for their children. While private childcare remains to be the primary option available in many areas of the U.S., cities like Washington D.C., New

Free Home Learning Resources during School Closures (Pre-K through 12)
Having kids at home due to school closures can be a challenge for parents who would like to fill the time with daily activities that are both educational and engaging. It’s easy to turn on the TV or play games, but what can parents do to help their children continue

Staying Focused When Studying from Home
With the recent rapid onset of the coronavirus, many colleges and universities across the country have responded to the threat of contamination and made the decision to cancel classes and exams held on campus and shift to online distance learning. This disruption in routine has posed logistical issues for instructors

Finding Transferrable Skills For Your Resume – With Examples
Every summer, I get calls from stressed out graduates (and their parents) asking me to help with their resume and potential transferrable skills – because they don’t even know where to start. This is what I hear: “I don’t have any work experience. Well, except the part time barista job

How American Collegiate Recovery Centers Are Taking On The Drug Epidemic
When you think of college life, you probably think about flip cup and frat parties. We often think of drinking and partying in college as a right of passage. But have you ever stopped to think about what the college experience is like for someone in recovery? American colleges aren’t