In my experience (and I hate to use that phrase but it's true) private school teachers don't always get paid more than public school teachers. Now, I work in a charter and I'm paid at the very low end of what Oklahoma teachers make...it's a public school but with a private school feel. Go figure.

If I have a chance I'll see if I can find some factual figures to share. But dismayed is right--private school teachers don't always have to go through all the hoops and jumps public school teachers do.

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