Schools
Do You Buy Supplies for Your Classrooms?
A recent poll found that about a quarter of teachers have spent $400 on their own classroom supplies. What's been your experience, teachers and parents?
According to USA Today, about a quarter of teachers polled by insurance company Horace Mann reported that they spent $400 of their own money on classroom supplies, a three percentage point increase from the previous year.
When I was in grade school, every year we'd get a list of classroom supplies that our family was asked to buy for the classroom to use -- items such as tissue paper and construction paper. And I also know from interviewing teachers over the years that it's not unusual for teachers to spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom supplies.
Teachers and parents, have you ever bought classroom supplies for your class? How much have you spent? What did you buy? Tell us in the comments.
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