We surveyed 2,552 United States public school classroom teachers. Here’s the truth about public school education: 1. Not all classrooms have the resources they need. On average, teachers on DonorsChoose report spending $655 of their own money on school supplies this year for their students and classrooms. At schools in communities with migrant children, teachers report spending more of their own money. 2. School is not just about academics. It’s also about caring for students' wellbeing. 69% of

I thought my kids were learning in public school until… We pulled them out. Straight A’s. Honor Roll. Great teacher reports. I was volunteering at school, helping with homework, being the room mom… I thought we were good. Until we started homeschooling and I realized… They had passed a lot of tests, but they couldn’t explain what they learned. They could circle the right answer on a worksheet but couldn’t explain why it was right. And it wasn’t just them. When I was teaching, I saw this all the