Many educators elect to teach in non-public schools that include religious institutions (like the parochial or evangelical church-based schools) and charter schools. For these teachers, the balance between disciplined instruction, less emphasis on standardized tests, and characteristics like dress codes sharply contrast with unruly student behaviors in the public schools and a reliance on curriculum that usually only “teaches to the test.” As one teacher in a non-public school environment put it: it is the difference between the Visigoths and the Athenians.

The Negatives of Teaching in Private Schools

Most non-public schools are tuition driven. Thus, year-to-year employment contracts offer little security for the future. If enrollment declines, teaching positions will be cut. Although this occurs in public schools as well, the safeguards in the public system, including tenure, offer a higher degree of job security. Few non-public schools offer tenure.

Although non-public schools offer benefits such as pensions and health care, any termination of employment eliminates these programs and, since most of these institutions are classified as non-profits, collecting unemployment after a layoff or termination is not possible.

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