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• This is how Much RI teachers spend on their own supplies

  Teachers in Rhode Island are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $538 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• This is how much MA teachers spend on their own supplies

  Teachers in Massachusetts are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $451 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• This is how much NH teachers spend on their own supplies

  Teachers in New Hampshire are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $423 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• Texas teachers spend this much of their own money on supplies

  Teachers in Texas are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $449 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• Teacher shortage, protests complicate educator pay dynamics

  At the same time, the number of teacher vacancies have exceeded 100,000 jobs in the past four years, said Elaine Weiss of the Economic Policy Institute. She said school budgets had been slow to recover from the last recession, while a relatively robust economy today offers better paying career options that have deterred many would-be teachers.

  “It helped exacerbate the teacher shortage and put more pressure on states,” Weiss said.

  AP News August 26, 2019
• Strangers help stock some Delaware classrooms as part of #clearthelists campaign

  On average, teachers spend $459 of their own money on classroom supplies each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In Delaware, the average is even higher, with teachers shelling out about $507 each year.

  Delaware New Journal August 26, 2019
• See how much Pennsylvania teachers spend on their own supplies

  PENNSYLVANIA — Teachers in Pennsylvania are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $420 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• NJ teachers spend this much of their own money on supplies

  Teachers in New Jersey are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $412 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• NC teachers spend this much of their own money on supplies

  NORTH CAROLINA — Teachers in North Carolina are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $400 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019
• New York teachers spend this much of their own money on supplies

  Teachers in New York are digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies, spending an average of $480 over the school year to subsidize local budgets, according to new inflation-adjusted data from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Patch August 26, 2019