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Not all degrees are created equal. My understanding is that education degrees are particularly easy to get.

• zie 2y ago
  Lots of teachers have masters or PHD's. Those are generally not that easy to get. Yes there has been a lowering of standards to get a teaching certificate in many states, but that's because they are desperate to do anything possible to get more teachers in classrooms without having to raise pay. Not because it's a good idea. Many teaching certificates are handed out "provisionally", and give you a few years to earn whatever is actually required, while still allowing you to actively teach in a classroom.
  • gnicholas 2y ago
    A decent number of teachers have doctorates, but I’ve never met one with a PhD. Teachers are often paid more for having a doctorate, and so they get EdDs, which are significantly easier to get.
    • peterfirefly 2y ago
      > so they get EdDs, which are significantly easier to get. That was also my understanding. I have read lots of complaints from seemingly smart teachers about having to waste their time on getting one of those (but none of them worried about being able to do the work and get the degree). I have also read lots of entitled stuff from seemingly very dumb teachers with said degree who thought they were smarter than other teachers because of it -- and smarter than pretty much everybody out there without a "doctorate" as well. And I've read research that shows that the degrees (bachelors/masters/"doctorate"/phd) actually doesn't matter much for people's teaching abilities...