Why Are Teachers Paying for Their Own Supplies?

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Teachers search for free school supplies. Photo by Hannah Kingsley- Ma/KALW/Crosscurrents

By Hannah Kingsley-Ma, KALW/Crosscurrents

There’s a warehouse in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood stuffed with the severed legs of aging mannequins, screws of various sizes and large pieces of real fur.

It’s called Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts, and it’s a nonprofit recycling center. While it might seem like a necessary pit stop before Burning Man, at this moment it’s full of another crew of diehards: teachers. More than 200 of them are here today for a free giveaway. The center set aside free donated materials that might be useful to teachers: things like binders, stacks of old National Geographic magazines, markers and picture books.

Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.

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