Photo: Courtesy Netflix The best teacher gifts aren’t knickknacks or desk objects shaped like pencils or apples. Teachers want things that are heartfelt, practical, and generally fall into one of two categories: something that can be used in the classroom to enhance students’ experiences, or gifts that make a teacher’s already-difficult job a little nicer — think relaxing things here.
Vanessa De Riggs, a second-grade teacher in Brooklyn, prefers cash or Visa/AMEX gift cards because they let her buy what she wants or needs, and they avoid the problem of what to do with gifts she doesn’t like. Vo points out that teachers spend a lot of their own money on supplies no matter where they work. He says “a Target or Amazon gift card is a gift that gives back because I’ll most likely spend it on my classroom, whether it’s antibacterial wipes, treats, or colored pencils.
$35 at Amazon Buy $35 at Amazon Buy 365 New Words a Year Page-a-Day Calendar 2019 $9 Tim Lesinski, a high-school Latin teacher at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, would appreciate “a desk calendar — in particular, a word-of-the-day or trivia-fact desk calendar. We can display these in the classroom, and it’s something that both we and our students can enjoy.”
$25 at Amazon Buy $25 at Amazon Buy Gifts for the teacher Heat Changing Constellation Mug by the Unemployed Philosophers Guild “All teachers have two things in common: We all need coffee and are generally nerds,” says Regan Marin, an eighth-grade Earth-science teacher in Queens, New York. “That’s why I think the perfect gift for me would be a science-themed coffee mug. If you want extra credit, aim for the ones that are temperature sensitive.
$28 at Ulta Beauty Buy Malin & Goetz Sage Candle “Nice candles are always welcome since they get used up and are expensive,” says George, a Manhattan preschool teacher. This candle from Malin & Goetz is neither too sweet nor too flowery, making it good for lots of different people’s tastes.
Teachers in wealthy neighborhoods get thousands in gifts; those in poor communities spend thousands of their own money in basics for their classrooms. The inequality just gets worse every year.
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