[jbooth]

Last I knew, the stats on private school teachers being lower paid are heavily skewed by catholic schools where you have nuns doing it for pennies. Dunno which numbers you're referencing though, so that may or may not be a factor.

[stevesearer]

I'm actually not familiar with any specific numbers from research, just anecdotal evidence from the private school I attended, the one I taught at for several years, and hearing about other schools in that area.

Interesting point about nuns, I hadn't thought about that but it could very well be true.

[larrys]

I can confirm what you are saying for the private school that I attended (a boarding school). The teachers lived on campus generally but the pay was much less then in the local public school. Some of the teachers were lifers and raised their families on campus. Others were just passing through to other opportunities. One of my teachers (this was way back) father was a secretary of transportation.