XPost: alt.education, alt.true-crime, pdx.general   
   XPost: or.politics   
   From: lojbab@lojban.org   
      
   Andy Katz  wrote:   
   >>> All of this for a position that pays a tiny fraction of what his or   
   >>> her public school counterpart makes?   
   >>   
   >>Amazing isn't it that taxes are so high to settle for that kind of product?   
   >   
   >That begs the question of whether or not the product is really   
   >inferior. And that's my whole point: assuming your school isn't some   
   >sort of communist, fellow-traveler indoctrination center, why would   
   >talented, credentialed people allow themselves scrunity to the degree   
   >you describe above in exchange for a meager salary, lousy benefits and   
   >no tenure?   
      
   Sometimes because it allows them to double-dip, collecting retirement   
   from the public schools while earning a salary.   
      
   Sometimes because it means that they no longer have to teach THEM (for   
   assorted group of kids that attend private schools less frequently   
   than public schools).   
      
   In any event, turnover in private schools is significantly higher than   
   in public schools, where it is already high to start with.   
      
   >Everything but credentials....   
      
   Seeing the way some people attack the product of "schools of   
   education", such people may not value "credentials".  Of course this   
   may be one reason why they have high turnover.   
      
   lojbab   
      
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