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[quote=Anonymous]I have taught at independent schools for 25 years. I also taught for 5 years at a public high school, and I have both state and national certification. There are of course excellent teachers and poor teachers at all schools. Whether or not they are certified teachers seemed to have no correlation on their effectiveness. Personally, I learned very little in my education courses that was useful to me as a high school teacher. I have done a lot of professional development over the years that was paid for or provided by my independent school, and I learned a great deal  about teaching through experience and from my colleagues.  Your generalization that independent school teachers are more concerned with grading and sorting, rather than developing student potential is not something I have experienced. The many independent school teachers I have worked with over the years are generally attracted to their work because they can more effectively get to know their students, form relationships with them, and personalize and differentiate their teaching in the smaller class sizes with very little discipline issues, that are found in most private schools.[/quote]

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