For several weeks, social media has been flooded by teachers’ posts with Amazon wish lists, soliciting others to stock their classrooms with basic supplies. Creating these lists has been commonplace in recent years as teachers look outside their schools and districts to fill their supply needs.
Some of the most popular requested items are dry erase markers, Kleenex, Lysol wipes, erasers, tape, pens, colored copy paper, file folders, and pencil sharpeners. Others request educational items such as a microscope, map, or globe, which seem essential for student learning.
This raises an obvious question: Why aren’t school districts providing teachers what they need?
With K-12 public education in America spending nearly $1 trillion per year, there should be no shortage of funds. In fact, as Pete Hegseth notes in the book “Battle for the American Mind“: “The United…
