Public School teachers who send their own children to private school

[TraceyHussey]

It is really something that makes me think about it.

[nana053]

Originally Posted by TraceyHussey

It is really something that makes me think about it.

Some teachers may want a religious school. Some may want a private school that is simply better than the school they teach in.

[Cdarocks]

I know several teachers in each sector that send their kids to the other. For the private teachers, the kids went to public because the school did not offer tuition as a benefit and they couldn't afford it. For the public teachers, they wanted their kid in a different environment than the one they taught in. They also wanted to teach in private rather than public, but depending on the specific school there was a better salary on the public side.

[Informed Info]

Originally Posted by fred44

Public schools have better quality teachers, it's all about the money. Few quality teachers will work for less money at a private school.

A "quality teacher" is all about the public school paycheck and benefits/pension? Not about their profession and "educating" children?

However, private schools have a better quality of students.

Did you mean better "quality" of parents?

I'm sure the parents (you're in NJ?) at West Morris Mendham HS would disagree.

Usually only people with money will send their kids to private schools, so you won't get kids from the wrong side of the tracks.

That's not true.

[Minethatbird]

I have a friend who is a public school teacher, and insisted his kids go to a public school.

I'm more concerned about politicians who tout the value of public school education for everyone's kids except their own.

[history nerd]

I don't have a lot of experience with this because the private schools in my area are either worse than the public schools, or so ridiculously expensive that no public school teacher could ever afford them... But 10 pages? This seems like WAY too much concern about something that is an edge case at best and just not a big deal.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by history nerd

I don't have a lot of experience with this because the private schools in my area are either worse than the public schools, or so ridiculously expensive that no public school teacher could ever afford them... But 10 pages? This seems like WAY too much concern about something that is an edge case at best and just not a big deal.

Go to Settings and change to 40 posts/page.

[Ruth4Truth]

I had a friend whose father taught in the public school in their neighborhood. The parents sent their kids to public school, in part because they believed in public education. But my friend was bored silly in school, so he didn't apply himself, and got poor grades. I guess there was no gifted-students program back then. I think, that if he'd gone to private school, he would have felt more challenged, and would have engaged more with the material. He dropped out at 16.