ABSTRACT
Even when school budgets are less restrictive than those in recent years, teachers often dip into their own pockets to purchase supplies for their classrooms. According to the National School Supply and Equipment Association’s 2010 Retail Market Awareness Study (NSSEA, 2010), teachers surveyed spent an average of $170 of their own money on school supplies and about $186 on instructional materials for a total of $356 in the 2009–2010 school year, compared to $395 in the 2007–2008 study and $552 in the 2005–2006 study.
