Browsing social media during back-to-school time, one frequently encounters pleas from teachers to help purchase classroom supplies through #clearthelist campaigns or to support their class' DonorsChoose projects. At a time of historically high levels of education spending, why do teachers require additional assistance to meet basic classroom needs? How is it that a fifth-grade teacher with 20 students--representing about $13,500 each in per-pupil funding--has so little control over how the more than a quarter million dollars those students represent enters the classroom? Education funding policies should put students' and teachers' needs first. An increasing number of students now have access to education savings accounts (ESAs), an increasingly popular policy reform that puts education funds directly in families' hands to use at the school or education provider of their choice. In this report, the author argues that teachers deserve similar support and flexibility through teacher spending accounts (TSAs).