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[quote=Anonymous]It’s a little unrelated, but since it keeps coming up, I want to weigh in on the private vs. public school teacher situation. I can only speak for myself, but I fall into a few categories. I have multiple degrees and was originally a professional in another field. I am fully licensed and began my teaching career in public school. I felt the public system was turning me into a cog in a wheel and not taking advantage of my skill set. I also wasn’t getting my needs for autonomy and creativity met, and I thought the school system could do better by students. I was lucky because I had a high-earning partner and could make the shift to private, though as it turned out it wasn’t much of a financial hit. My own kids are in both public and private schools at the moment, but none are at the school where I teach. If they were, I’d get no tuition remission because my family’s income is too high. The boost for private school teachers is that the school that employs them will leave out their teaching income when calculating financial aid. That’s how my school handles it, anyway. I think parents who say “the teachers at public are more highly qualified” are a.) incorrect and b.) not adequately factoring in the degree to which burnout and excessive paperwork can destroy some teachers’ passion for the job. So many public school teachers are delivering completely prescribed curricula that doesn’t take advantage of their creativity. Some are stuck and some can leave.[/quote]

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