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Monday, July 25, 2005
Teachers’ Credit Cards Getting A Workout
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Teachers are spending on average $466 a year for books, pencils, paper, art supplies, snacks and other classroom items, according to a survey of more than 1,000 public-school teachers in Michigan.
I have an image of teachers hitting Target for construction paper, pencils and crayons. But my teacher sources tell me their purchases are more targeted to what their students really need. For example, a teacher in a school near Buford Highway said he buys Spanish-language books on U.S. history off Amazon, so his new-to-English students can learn. Another source sent out an e-mail to her girlfriends requesting compact mirrors for a science experiment that’s part of the fourth-grade curriculum. If she doesn’t get enough, she’ll buy a few using coupons.
Georgia teachers, how much do you spend? What do you buy?
