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AFT's Weingarten on Teacher Spending on School Supplies
May 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to a new National Center for Education Statistics report showing teachers spend an average of $479 a year on school supplies out of their own pockets:

"Teachers go into the profession because they care deeply about kids' learning and well-being. When their classrooms la . . .

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