Teacher Needs: Resupply, the Fourth “R” of Education

We all know the three “Rs” of school – ‘readin’, ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic. Now, with an increasing need for teacher needs to be restocked in the middle of the school year, we can add “resupply.” For teachers, we've created a downloadable letter below for you to print and send home with parents! The need for a mid-year resupply is the result of states not budgeting enough for classroom needs. Year in and year out, teachers spend their own hard-earned money to buy supplies for classrooms. And it's not a small percentage - according to a report by the Federal Department of Education, no fewer than 94% of teachers spend their own money on classroom needs. Some of the more common needs are pencils, paper, and notebooks. However, in recent years, some teacher needs lists include school art supplies, science classroom supplies, and
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