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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All those years DCUM parents ranted about one thing or another, always ending in, "If the teachers don't like it, they can go do something else!"

Now they have, and those control freak parents have no answer.  I haven't heard about any privates raising pay enough to make a difference. The well-paid administrators just keep doing the same old.

I left privates during COVID and moved to a DC charter for much better pay (still barely enough to live on, but that's not an issue for me) and sterling management that still surprises me every day for their genuine commitment to education over money and status.

The chickens have come home to roost.  This was a very long time in the making.[/quote]

Would you be willing to share specific salary amounts ?

I have no idea what teachers are paid.[/quote]

That's part of the problem.  Parents write a check for $50K and assume that a good part of it goes to the teachers.  Not necessarily.  Most private education schools and companies direct most of the money upward.

Roughly speaking, it's the difference between mid-5 figures in private to higher 5-figures in charters and public.

If you wanted to start a private with the best teachers around, start them all at $100K and watch the stars flock in.  All a school has to do is eat their profit margin somewhere else to be something truly special.

But they don't, as far as I know.[/quote]

Private schools don’t have a profit margin (except maybe BASIS?).

You could argue that admin pay should be reduced, but most HOS of schools main job is fundraising so that may be a net zero gain.

Facilities are expensive that’s true. [/quote]

Resource allocation is management's choice, whether to profits (and bonuses) for some organizations or facilities and endowments for others.  But they all skimp on the teachers as much as possible.  If a school could have 10 better teachers instead of a new scoreboard in the gym, which should take priority?

We know what usually does. Teachers see that and often decide that their employer is not worth investing in long-term.[/quote]

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