Leading online graduate degree provider for educators pledges support of national nonprofit organization, now helps impact over 4 million students nationwide
Press Release – INDIANAPOLIS – American College of Education (ACE), a regionally accredited online graduate institution dedicated to providing affordable programs for educators, recently announced a partnership with The Kids In Need Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need. With the addition of this nonprofit partnership, ACE now helps impact over 4 million students nationwide.
Last year alone, The Kids In Need Foundation helped 200,000 teachers and 5.4 million students in some of the most challenged communities in the country. According to the 2015 Kids In Need Foundation School Supply Impact Survey of more than 11,000 teachers nationwide in low-income communities, when kids have new school supplies of their own, grades, classroom behavior, and engagement improve, self-esteem increases and attitudes toward school and learning are strengthened.
ACE recognized a common goal of helping teachers help students and initiated a relationship with the organization in 2017.
“I look forward to our partnership with The Kids In Need Foundation,” said Monica Carson, Senior VP of Enrollment Operations at ACE. “In under-served communities around the nation, we know teachers often take on the burden of purchasing school supplies for their students when they can’t afford them. By providing students with supplies, we are helping to alleviate a stressor for teachers — an undertaking in line with our own mission.”
In 2017, ACE will invest up to $20,000 in its partnership with The Kids In Need Foundation. The college will serve as a founding partner of the Kids In Need Supply Boxes, which will provide supplies to over 2,000 students in grades K-12 across the country.
“We are grateful to American College of Education, an organization that understands the value of learning, for their donation to our mission to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed,” said Dave Smith, executive director of The Kids in Need Foundation. “Access to school supplies contributes to not only academic success, but also success outside of the classroom. Support for students in need of supplies can help kids develop strong self-esteem and a passion for accomplishment.”
