10 Misconceptions About Private Schools
There are a lot of misconceptions about private schools.
This is probably because private schools are indeed private, and often reluctant to release information to the general public..
- Unfortunately, this has more to do with the reality that many journalists don't understand private schools.
- On a couple of occasions when I have been interviewed about private schools, the interviewers asked very pointed questions designed to support their preconceived notions that private schools were only for rich kids or kids with issues.
- They were always surprised when I refuted those kinds of leading questions with facts.
With that experience in mind, here are some common myths, together with the reasons why they are simply that: myths.
Myth #10: Private school teachers make less than public school teachers.
Not true. This might have been the case years ago.
- Private school teachers are not unionized.
- They do enjoy some perks that public school teachers do not have, such as housing, meals, and reduced or free tuition for their children.
- Compensation is about the same in both sectors.
- The real disparity seems to occur within private schools themselves.
- Most parochial or religious schools tend to offer compensation that is on the low end of the scale.
- Administrators are not unionized either.
- Deans, admissions directors, development directors, business officers, and heads of school are generally paid competitively.
- You can research the facts by examining not-for-profit schools' Form 990,
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