Ads on tests add up for teacher<\/a><\/p>\nTom Farber gives a lot of tests. He’s a calculus teacher, after all.<\/p>\n
So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they’ll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam.<\/p>\n
“Tough times call for tough actions,” he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.<\/p>\n
San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Maybe I’ll try to buy an ad for Anabaptist Bookstore or Reaching Out Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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