Category: Money Saving Hacks

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Make Your Clothes Work Harder

I am writing this in lieu of Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year to remind all first year teaching professionals of the opportunity to spruce up your wardrobe while maintaining your shoestring budget. …

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Supply Hack: Pencils and Pens

This time of year is when we really need to stretch our hard-earned teaching dollars as far as they will go. It’s when we have to decide how necessary buying the organic cleaner is and if we can …

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Classroom Hack: Safely Clean Your Classroom

Have you ever looked at your students’ desks? I mean, really, really looked at them? They are pretty disgusting by the end of the day. The custodial staff is so busy at most schools do not regularly clean …

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Wardrobe Hack #1: the Work Uniform

Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue, has worn the same haircut since she was a freshman in high school. She always wears fitted sheath dresses, big sunglasses, and a coat.  Steve Jobs always wore a black turtleneck and black …

The Ultimate Guide: Grading Kit

The first kit that I will introduce to you, is arguably the most important one for me.  This is the grading kit. This one is important because we spend so much of our “free time” grading student work, …