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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the "anecdotal" person--I am no teacher, but I have researched school options and I have a number of friends in many different states who are teachers.  I thought it was common knowledge that independent schools don't need to and don't typically hire formally licensed teachers.  In fact, the teachers are also paid substantially less with worse benifits.  The advantage is having a stronger student body, which can be a better work environment for some, and being able to break into a teaching career without the red tape.  Depending on the school, teachers also might have more autonomy with the curriculum, which some find worth it as well. [b] Any teacher licensed to teach in public school probably will (unless they are really burnt out by working at schools with needy populations or something) because the pay and benefits are so much better.[/b]  The true advantage to an independent school is a strong/self-selecting peer group and the freedom to administer a curricular model different from the public school system.  Not the formal training of the teachers.[/quote]

That is not necessarily true. Many teachers care more about their working conditions and are willing to take less pay in order to teach at independent schools. Obtaining certification is not very difficult. As you noted, there are a lot of perks at independent schools, including being able to ignore things like "teaching to the test", SOL's, Common Core, and whatever the next, latest fad comes along to "fix" public schools.[/quote]

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