He鈥檚 making a list, he鈥檚 checking it twice鈥攈e blanked on getting your child鈥檚 teacher a gift. What now?
Worry not: We asked educators what they actually want for the holidays through an (hint: they probably have enough 鈥淲orld鈥檚 Best Teacher鈥� mugs).
Most of the roughly 700 respondents鈥�79 percent鈥攕aid they鈥檇 prefer a gift card. Mugs were only desirable to about 7 percent. Notebooks or agendas similarly ranked low.
Many of the respondents liked the idea of something handmade, or a donation to charity.
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Take a scroll through our gift catalog to see what educators may like鈥攁nd actually use.
