'If It Helps the Kids': What Teachers Spend on Their Students

Faced with increased responsibilities, little social status, modest salaries, and leaner materials budgets, teachers contribute significant amounts of their own money (perhaps $1 billion yearly) for instructional purposes. A southern Minnesota study found that a typical teacher spent about $492 year...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Phi Delta Kappan 1997-03, Vol.78 (7), p.570-571
Hauptverfasser:	Olszewski, William E., Maury, Kathleen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Audiovisual Aids Children Classroom Environment Classrooms Consumer spending Educational Change Educational Environment Educational materials Elementary Secondary Education Enrichment Expenditures Finance Financial budgets Financial Problems Instructional Improvement Instructional Materials Learning motivation Minnesota Music teachers Personal Finance Point of View Politics of Education Population education Public Opinion Purchasing power parity Secondary Education Social Status Spending Surveys Teacher Student Ratio Teachers Teaching Teaching (Occupation)
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Zusammenfassung:	Faced with increased responsibilities, little social status, modest salaries, and leaner materials budgets, teachers contribute significant amounts of their own money (perhaps $1 billion yearly) for instructional purposes. A southern Minnesota study found that a typical teacher spent about $492 yearly to enrich students' learning experience. Such expenditures should be publicly recognized and rendered unnecessary. (MLH)
ISSN:	0031-7217 1940-6487