According to the National Retail Federation, the average cost for school supplies has increased about 25% from 2020 to 2024, but nonprofit Storehouse of Community Resources is providing a solution.
95% of public school teachers nationally spent their own money on classroom supplies without having been reimbursed, and, in every state, more than 9 out of 10 teachers incurred these unreimbursed ...
As private school teachers, both women get stipends for their supplies. It is something they didn’t get when they taught public school. They told First Alert 6 they were given basics like paper ...