I can't speak for every company, but we've never passed over an applicant having a higher degree. [EDIT: we've never passed over such an applicant for that reas

I can't speak for every company, but we've never passed over an applicant having a higher degree. [EDIT: we've never passed over such an applicant for that reason] And having this be a judgment call by the employer still provides a heck of a lot more chance for the applicant than the union-dictated state of affairs, in which the combination of budget and laws forbid the hiring of this teacher.