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You are here: Home / Politics / Teachers Spending Their Own Money on Supplies

Teachers Spending Their Own Money on Supplies

September 23, 2013 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Think teachers are overpaid? Think that schools are properly funded? Wait til you see this infographic. Teachers are increasingly spending their own money to provide school supplies to their students, according to a recently released survey. According to the survey from insurance firm Horace Mann, 56 percent of teachers said they spent at least $200 of their own money on school supplies, and 13 percent said they spent $600 or more.

The survey also showed that 53 percent of teachers said their school districts cut budgets for school supplies. General school supplies, such as paper and pens, were the most common items cut from budgets, followed by math and science supplies, and reading and language supplies. The survey also showed that 38 percent of teachers reported that they abandoned more than two projects over the course of the school year because of lack of funds.

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via: Horace Mann

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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