"The supply list is for school ... When confronted, the teacher told Jessy she didn't think much of the personally labeled items and decided adding them to the community bin would be fine.

It's almost time for back-to-school, and while some families expect to spend close to $900 on school essentials, studies show that nearly 94% of teachers pay for their own classroom supplies.

from teacher to teacher. If your child is in elementary or middle school, they may have received an itemized classroom supply list from their new teacher. Specific lists often can be found on ...

Stephanie Dion-Lenzi, a sixth-grade social studies teacher at a middle school in Warwick, Rhode Island, says she tends to spend between $200 to $300 on school supplies like pencils, folders ...

There's some good news for teachers and other educators who are digging into their own pockets to buy COVID-related supplies ... 19 in the classroom. Among other things, the list includes: The ...

and around $1,000 of her Wish List has been covered but not yet delivered. All in all, $2,000 for classroom supplies this school year has come out of her pocket or from donations. Fellow teachers ...