Recovery & The Story of Stuff

DATABASE Recovery.gov

Recovery.gov is the U.S. government's official website providing easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse. (Note: reports made by Inspectors General, overseen by the Government Accountability Office.)

CALIFORNIA STATS

Unemployment = 12.23%

Stimulus Awards = $18.5 billion

Reported Job Creation = 110,219 jobs

ANIMATION The Story of Cap and Trade

Annie Leonard presents The Story of Cap & Trade, a cute and simple look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill.

Teaching Opportunities

JOB Teach For America

Teach For America aims to end educational inequity—the reality that in our country, where a child is born determines his or her educational outcomes and life prospects. We are working with a great sense of urgency to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.

Next application deadline: January 8, 2010

PAID INTERNSHIP Breakthrough Collaborative

Breakthrough Collaborative is a national non-profit that increases educational opportunity for high-potential, low-income middle school students and inspires outstanding college and high school students to pursue careers in education. Consistently featured as a Top Ten Internship by the Princeton Review, Breakthrough’s innovative Students Teaching Students model partners middle-school students with college and high school students who serve as teachers, role models and mentors.

Next application deadline: March 1, 2010