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...
“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...
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...
Teachers are hoarders. You’ve got clutter. Teachers: you’ve got to throw that $hi# out. Now! It’s life-changing. It’s simple. I get obsessed about decluttering from time to time. I started decluttering at home a long time ago, but it never...
