Tours to Guatemala: A Lasting Impact
Keep hearing us gush about tours, but finding it hard to imagine what it's actually like to travel to Guatemala on a CoEd tour? One day you might find yourself in the beautiful, colonial city of Antigua… Or on a boat in the middle of Lake Atitlán. The...
Yoselyn: Driven to Make a Difference
Driven. Determined. Persistent. These are just a few of the amazing qualities that students in CoEd’s Rise Program possess. After all, you have to be pretty determined to even make it to middle school in rural Guatemala where more than 6 out of 10 kids don’t make it...
A Child Who Reads Is an Adult Who Thinks
Think back to first grade. Do you remember your teacher? Do you remember walking into your classroom and seeing labels all around the room to help you learn to read words like "door", "clock", "desk"? Unfortunately, first graders in rural Guatemala often have a...
STEM-Savvy Rise Scholars
Clara Barton. Marie Curie. Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau. What do these people have in common? (Cue Jeopardy music.) What is “women in STEM”? You got it! Barton, Curie, and Hutchinson Rousseau all used their STEM (aka: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)...
The Start of a Beautiful Friendship
Haaave you met Howard? Howard Lobb, who does not shy away from taking a leap of faith, left his successful corporate career back in 2001 to help the fledgling nonprofit Cooperative for Education start a computer program in Guatemala. So what if the organization was...
Behind-the-Scenes at a Textbook School
Overwhelmed. Hopeful. Overjoyed. This is what you’ve told us you felt after visiting your first Textbook School on a CoEd tour. So, how do the students feel? How about their parents? Their teachers? CoEd staff member and tour guide extraordinaire, Juan Pablo (pictured...
7 Things You Need to Know About the Spark Reading Program!
Hear ye, hear ye: gather ‘round and hear the news! By royal decree, the Culture of Reading Program (CORP) shall now be known as the Spark Reading Program! (Okay, this isn’t actually a royal decree. We just like to sip tea and pretend we're fancy.) The Spark Program,...
3 Surefire Tips for Deciding Which Student to Sponsor
When you’re thinking about sponsoring a student, we know it can be overwhelming trying to figure out which one to pick. How do I choose!? This is like gym class all over again! They’re all so incredible! They all deserve a chance to succeed! Well friends, we agree...
2018 Report Card
Happy 2019! As you guys know, we here at CoEd are dedicated to data. We don’t want to simply deliver kick-butt programs—we want some hard numbers to tell us if they’re working! (In fact, we’re kinda nerds about it…) To that end, every year we test each of...
Creative Giving: Philanthropy and Tax Savings
Curious what options exist for philanthropic giving that will get you the greatest tax benefits? We were too, so we asked a few CoEd donors to share their creative solutions for giving more and saving more—it’s a win-win! See their tips below and talk with your tax...