Teachers Shouldn’t Pay For School Supplies
According to a Department of Education survey, 94 percent of public school teachers pay out of pocket for their classes’ school supplies. It didn’t matter whether they taught in cities, suburbs, rural areas, almost all teachers had to pay for their classes without reimbursement.
Our teachers are already underpaid for the work that they do educating and partly raising our kids. They shouldn’t be burdened with the sole responsibility of providing and paying for the resources our students need.
Davie Hinshaw for the Associated Press
94 Percent of U.S. Teachers Spend Their Own Money on School Supplies, Survey Finds
By Niraj Chokshi, New York Times | 5/16/2018