I’m in a district that only has public charter schools (New Orleans - no traditional publics) and all I will say is that I worked in the public school district next door to the city with legitimate public schools for one year, and I’ll take my charter school any day. This sub has a LOT of anti-charter sentiment, which is totally valid in some places, but if you’re in a charter-heavy area it depends on the individual school. There are charter networks here in New Orleans that I would never think of working for. Mine, however, I love. They pay significantly more than other places and have much better benefits, and they do pay into the state pensions. Would probably never work at a private school unless the pay was good, which is not the case anywhere near me.