re: Why are Private School Teachers typically paid less than public school teachers?

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Your understanding of economics is embarrassing.

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I look at it this way: if I provide a better service that you are willing to pay for , I should earn more money.

But the system says: you have it easier than your public counterparts, therefore you get paid less.

The irony is that outside of another income source, we effectively pay private school teachers an embarrassing oy low salary that can be eclipsed by most vocational jobs (not saying it's better than those jobs, but it is just as valuable to society)

I understand that the US trains people to value things by ROI above all else. I'm just pointing out this could be barrier to some people who would want to enter the profession.

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Additionally, public school teachers have to shoot for higher standards (testing) than the average private school. My guess is Zachary/Central public school teachers have to shoot for higher testing standards than the nearby Central Private or Silliman teachers.

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Depends on the private school and the public school. I’d imagine generally scores need to be higher in private schools. See all the failing public schools we have

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My sister moved from a public school to a private school. She was teaching nearly 30 kids in a public school class at a time and now only teaches like 14. Also, the 14 come from great families who all value an education.

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This. I'd MUCH rather teach at a private school, but I need to pay my bills.

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Better families and students typically.

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Also, less students per class which is huge to teachers.

Private school teachers also usually get reduced tuition for their kids, which is well worth the lower salary if private school was always the plan.

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I look at it this way: if I provide a better service that you are willing to pay for , I should earn more money.

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90% of the employed can say this.

Because public school teachers aren’t paid a market price. When you can extort the money from the citizens, you can pay extra.

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I look at it this way: if I provide a better service that you are willing to pay for , I should earn more money.

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The teachers aren’t indentured servants. They can leave anytime they want to.

They don’t have to put up with stupid bureaucratic bullshite from multiple government agencies.
They don’t have to put up with kids that repeatedly disturb class or cause problems.
Smaller class sizes
Cleaner facilities
Larger percentage of helpful parents
Reduced or free tuition for their kids
Safer environment

If a teacher can afford to make 10-15k/yr less it seems like a no-brainer

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My guess

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All of the things in your post are very minor issues. The main difference in the pay gap is the overall dynamics of teaching in a private school are more in demand than teaching in a public school. Teachers don't want to teach to standardized tests. They don't want to teach to 30 kids when they can teach to 20 elsewhere.

You can teach a room of 20 kids whose parents are paying for them to be there and you can teach them however you'd like...

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You can teach a room of 30 kids whose are there by law/zoning and you must follow a litany of regulations.