Purchasing/Procurement
School & District Management
Tight School Supplies Market Hits Old Company Hard
Hammett Learning World's shutdown of its stores is the latest development in a tough school supplies market that keeps shrinking and consolidating, analysts and other experts say.
Education Funding
With $1 Billion Pledge, Calif. Settles Lawsuit
California will spend as much as $1 billion for educational supplies and school facilities to settle a major class action lawsuit brought on behalf of needy students.
Teaching Profession
Out-of-Pocket Expenses
It’s a fact of life that teachers open their own wallets to buy some of the supplies they need for their classrooms.
School & District Management
States, Districts Clicking Into Online-Purchasing Systems
Seeking to capitalize on the Internet’s retail and financial-management capabilities, more states and school districts are using online-purchasing systems to buy everything from No. 2 pencils to cleaning supplies.
Education Funding
Philanthropy Update
- Teachers Use Web Site That Connects Them With Donors of Supplies
- One-Click Shopping
- Service on Demand
- Appetite for Learning
Education Funding
Philanthropy Update
- School Supply Store for City School District Fueled by Local Giving
- Student Tutors
- Piano Man
Education Funding
U.S. Students Help Pay For Afghan School Supplies
When thousands of students in Afghanistan return to school next month, they may not have desks to sit at, or roofs over their heads, but they will have basic school supplies, thanks in part to the efforts of thousands of students in the United States.
Classroom Technology
Digital Whiteboards Outsell Traditional Chalkboards
Schools across the country are gradually replacing the chalkboard—a mainstay of classrooms since the 19th century—with its high-tech, wired cousin: the interactive digital whiteboard.
Schools across the country are gradually replacing the chalkboard—a mainstay of classrooms since the 19th century—with its high-tech, wired cousin: the interactive digital whiteboard.
School & District Management
ASBO Joins Forces To Help Schools Save Money On Supplies
The Association of School Business Officials International is helping to launch a coalition that hopes to negotiate reduced prices on bulk goods, and then pass the savings along to public schools and other government agencies.
Federal
Stimulus Package Offers Tax Break To Help Teachers
A new tax break measure included in the economic-stimulus package passed by Congress this month allows teachers, their aides, principals, and counselors can take a federal tax deduction of up to $250 annually for out-of-pocket classroom expenses.
School Climate & Safety
Schools Get the Sales Pitch: Better Safe Than Sorry
Incidents of violence have produced a growing industry of school security and safety businesses. Plus, "Coca-Cola Cans Exclusive Contracts."
Incidents of violence have produced a growing industry of school security and safety businesses. Plus, "Coca-Cola Cans Exclusive Contracts."
School Climate & Safety
State Journal
Horror stories
Utah news outlets received a scary delivery last week from the Utah Education Association.
School & District Management
School Supply Company Still Chalking Up Success
John L. Hammett, a Rhode Island schoolteacher-turned-textbook-salesman, was looking for a way to clean his chalkboard in the early 1860s when he hit upon an idea that would help launch a thriving school supply enterprise. Includes "Collegeboard.com Prepares To Launch."