Your Content Is Ugly. (How to write and design stuff students will read)
Are you still giving old-school worksheets and Comic Sans worksheets to Generation Tik Tok? If so, no one's reading your stuff. You know this if you just explained three times and they ask, "What do I have to do?" "I just told you.! Read the directions!!" Finally, I...
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 go to first....
Surviving Restaurants with Your Not Broke Friends
Broke teachers don't go to fancy restaurants... "Can you go out to eat?" You want to see your non-teacher friends, but you know how this plays out. Everyone eats and drinks... then the bill comes and you have to split it five ways. I want to go. But the last time I...
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 graphic design degree you...
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 and...
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 floor, a clump by the microwave, and a clump on a desk. Believe it or not, there is a...
Flavored Water for Energy, Hydration, and Health
Admit it! You drink too much coffee! You need water! I don't drink enough water. I know it's healthy, and it's certainly free, but I always lean toward coffee during my day. Coffee's expensive and the extra calories and sugars add up, too. I can easily drink a few...
No Need to Whine: 6 Ways to Find Broke Teacher Booze
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but a few beers a year (or some booze) will keep you sane. You're a teacher. No one deserves quality booze cheap more than you--except maybe Mall Santa. I love good wine and beer. I don't enjoy as many adult beverages as I...
Need Books? Make Friends with the Librarian
Are you a broke teacher with a sad classroom library? Make friends with the librarian. Every year, I restocked my classroom library, going to bookstores, looking for used books on Amazon, and spending up a storm. I always lost a ton of books--the best books walk...