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Empowering Kids in Need

This August, Microsoft News is partnering with the nonprofit Kids In Need to help level the playing field for the millions of children starting the year with economic hardship and other disadvantages. Please join us to provide the school supplies kids need to build great futures that are based on their potential — not their zip code.

TEACHERS

17 states where teachers spend the most on school supplies

Nearly every teacher has paid for classroom supplies at some point in their career. Here are the 17 states where they’ve spent the most.

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Prepared to succeed

This August, Microsoft News is partnering with the nonprofit Kids In Need to help level the playing field for the millions of children starting the year with economic hardship and other disadvantages.

Please join us to provide the school supplies kids need to build great futures that are based on their potential — not their zip code.


Donate


Heroes

10-year-old`s non-profit aims to help those in need

WPIX-TV New York


Solutions

10 ways you can get free school supplies

Best Life


BY THE NUMBERS

Here are the average class sizes for all 50 states

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Teachers

States with the most teachers spending their own money on school supplies

Insider


By the Numbers

What does it cost to send a kid back to school?

Cheapism


On the issue

10 challenges poor students and teachers face

Best Life


Heroes

10-year-old`s non-profit aims to help those in need

WPIX-TV New York


Solutions

10 ways you can get free school supplies

Best Life

Support kids in need

Help give kids in every zip code the supplies they need to succeed


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In Photos

What kids carry in their backpacks around the globe

Back to school means buying school supplies and stuffing them into a backpack. But did you ever wonder what kids in other countries carry in their school pack and book bags? Find out what the first day of school means for students in France, China, Mexico, and other countries around the world.

Cheapism


Heroes

Thousands of kids get backpacks filled with food and love

USA Today


Heroes

Meet the mom empowering kids with her line of backpacks

Today


Heroes

Georgia beauty queen donates 500 backpacks to foster children

WMAZ-TV Macon

Did you know?

•  1 out of every 5 American children lives below the poverty line.

•  Parents can expect to spend $1,017 to send a single elementary-age child back to school.

•  90% of children born in 1940 earn more than their parents. That number drops to 50% for children born in the 1980s.


Solutions

States lifting the most children out of poverty

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By the numbers

How many children live in poverty in your state

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On The Issue

Child poverty is a crisis in the US and this is how to fix it

24/7 WALL ST.​


Analysis

States with the highest number of kids dependent on free lunches

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Heroes

Thousands of kids get backpacks filled with food and love

24/7 WALL ST.​


Heroes

Meet the mom empowering kids with her line of backpacks

Today

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