Dump Your Surplus. Get What You Really Need

If you have five million boxes of staples and there’s not a single pencil in site, you’ve got to do something immediately to get rid of your surplus to get the things you really need. You don’t want to file a request in triplicate that won’t...

How to Make Your Classroom Website without Bleeding Cash

You can run an all-out technology-based classroom as a broke teacher… even if you don’t have computers or Chromebooks. All you need is a classroom website. Why a website? Websites are where our kids are used to getting information.  That’s where we...

WordSwag Makes Your Quotes Look Inspired

What’s does this Broke Teacher love about WordSwag? Not all teachers are graphic designers.  That’s okay now with WordSwag, an inexpensive typography generator for your phone. There’s a reason designers mix and match font–for the price of a...

The Best Places for Stealing Pencils and Pens

Out of pencils and pens again? Me too. Our official position at BrokeTeacher.com is that you should not spend your paycheck on your job.  That includes buying a million pencils.  You should pay down your debt instead.  Nothing’ll take you down faster than pens...

The Wrong Box of Tissues

“You got any more tissues?” “There’s a box on of tissues on my desk.” “It’s empty.” “I just brought it yesterday.” “It’s empty.” That’s because there’s a clump of tissues on the...