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Crowdfunded classrooms: Teachers increasingly soliciting online

Published  September 4, 2016 10:49am EDT
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Paper? Pencils? Laptops? Robots? Teachers are increasingly relying on crowdfunding efforts to stock their classrooms with both the mundane and sometimes big-ticket items.

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