According to a 2015 report developed by HungerInOurSchools.org, 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. [1] With 3.1M teachers in the US, [2] teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.
To learn more about hunger in our nations public schools, here are some resources:
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/05/public-school-dinners-pantries/70389176/
[2] https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
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Posted: April 26, 2017 by mjfern
Teachers in US public schools spend $400M/year to feed their hungry students
According to a 2015 report developed by HungerInOurSchools.org, 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. [1] With 3.1M teachers in the US, [2] teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.
To learn more about hunger in our nations public schools, here are some resources:
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/05/public-school-dinners-pantries/70389176/
[2] https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
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