I dated two teachers from Pennsylvania, one who was teaching in a Loudon Co Va school, the other in Fairfax. They were cute, but it didn’t work out so I swore off dating teachers forever.
There’s more here than meets the eye.
Pennsylvania has one of the most corrupt school board systems in the nation. You get a teacher’s job unless you know simebody or are related to somebody on the school board.
In a state with a lot of unemployment and that has lost a lot of jobs in the coal, textile, and manufacturing areas, a school teacher position is one of the best paying jobs with almost total job security and numerous benefits (health care, days off, tenure).
That’s why a lot of of good teacher candidates have to leave - they can’t break through the politicians’ control of the appointments, so they move on to other states.
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Pa. public schools are generally worse than equivalents in most other states.
Pa. teachers are paid much better than most other states.
This is due to Pa. school boards prohibited from replacing teachers when they fail to perform to standards not set by the teachers union and being prohibited from replacing them when their contracts simply expire
How easy is it to obtain an out-of-state teaching certificate? Back in the day, it was not easy...maybe things have changed?
Good grief.
I grew up in Western Pennsylvania with a girl, we were in Sunday School class together, who couldn’t read aloud at all and didn’t do well with reading comprehension generally. She got a great GPA because she was the best swimmer in the state, got an athletic scholarship to a state school, and of course became a teacher.
She is teaching, last I heard, in Fairfax, Virginia, a posh DC suburb with lots and lots of money for its schools. I always wondered how the heck she managed that... I guess in PA has a reputation for “good teachers” that explains it. Shudder.
My nephew graduates next month with a degree in education. He’s already been offered a job in Maryland. Jobs in PA just aren’t there.
both of my boys go to college in Pennsylvania. I believe that you have to have a 3.0 GPA in college in the state to enter the teaching program. Does this set them out from neighboring states?