Since my wife is an elementary school teacher, I get to enjoy some of the fruits sometimes. We haven’t seen the $100 gift certificates, appliances and other “larger” gifts yet as you’ll see in the article below…

Teacher Gifts Run the Gamut -- But No More Mugs, Please
Some Area Schools Rein In the Largess
Washington Post Staff Writer
By Fern Shen

The school year is winding down and kids aren't the only ones finishing big projects and taking major tests. Parents face their own tricky final exam question: What is the proper end-of-the-year gesture for their child's teacher?

A coffee mug? A handwritten thank-you note? Or something more?

In the Washington area, parental largess has included a VCR, hundred-dollar gift certificates to shopping malls and pricey D.C. watering holes including the Palm -- and two weeks at a Jackson Hole, Wyo., vacation rental, bestowed on two lucky teachers.

Over-the-top teacher gifts have been setting off ethical alarm bells, prompting some school systems across the country to ban teacher gifts. More...

See our Teacher Gifts page, but – please – don’t over do it!