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EDITORIAL BOARD
Sunday, April 09, 2006

Suzy French knew her students could be better readers if they had new books they could borrow and take home. The teacher at Sugar Grove Elementary School in Houston wanted 100 books filled with stories and illustrations that would appeal to the special-education students in her class. She knew the students' families couldn't afford them.

Now, if you know anything about Texas' system for supplying books to schools, then you know that process can take years. You might also know that it would be the teacher who would be most likely to pay for special readers that weren't on the school's required textbook list. French turned to the Internet and requested the books from DonorsChoose at www.donors choose.org. Three weeks later, the books were delivered to her classroom. Several anonymous small donors, and some well-known ones, read French's proposal online and contributed $762.66 for the books."