Teachers in the US – one of the world’s richest countries – often bear the burden of education funding cuts and systemic poverty by paying for their students’ crayons, books and even hand soap.
The Guardian spoke with five teachers across the country who turn to the crowdfunding site DonorsChoose for help after they’ve already paid for pencils and toothbrushes out of their own pockets – or asked friends and family for book donations and applied for grants to buy educational games and computers.
