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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When public schools have the luxury of ensuring every teacher is fully credentialed (ie not right now) that qualification/certification process is very narrow. They’d sooner hire a certified teacher who graduated from a mediocre college with meh grades than an uncertified but experienced subject-matter expert with multiple degrees but no certification who graduated from a top college/excellent program. I’m not saying grads of top colleges don’t teach in public, but as someone who has taught in both, I don’t believe that being certified equates to higher-quality teaching. Also, I’m the same exact person in both settings yet would argue that I’m a better teacher in private settings because I am less constrained by one-size-fits-all mandates and can be more creative. Also, I earn the same in private that I earned in public, so be wary of sweeping generalizations. And for what it’s worth, I don’t believe private school is better than public or vice versa. Different choices are better for different kids; different schools have different strengths and weaknesses; and even within the same school, the instructional quality can vary greatly. [/quote]

This.

In my daughter's private, there are many PhDs who are probably not certified.  Those are excellent and very smart teachers who have high expectations of their students.  This is how these kids excel.

I know someone who was just hired for a top high school to teach History.  Hardly a subject matter expert at all and this is her first job out of college where she graduated with an education degree.  She was NOT a good student and struggled in many subjects, including history!!  I just don't see what she will add to the class.  She has a nice personality and hopefully she will motivate students to study.  It's going to be basically a memorization class.

My daughter's history teacher majored in history and has a deep passion for it.  Not certified.

See the difference?

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Anecdote does not equal data.[/quote]

No, but they add up.  Education professors are telling the kids majoring in education NOT to goninto teaching.  Ask me how I know.  There was also a news 4 report a few months back that stated the same (fewer going into teaching, amd those going in don't stay).[/quote]

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