"Conservatives need not apply."
The Bulk? Got a stat? All the teachers I know are conservative.
Almost every last PS teacher I had (and this in TN) was a liberal. Even one Republican teacher I had was a liberal RINO. My former fiancee, who was in the IL system, never had a Conservative teacher in her life (not until she entered private school). My half-sister is a PS teacher in CA and she is a Marxist political activist (Peace & Freedom Party). My grandmother was a PS teacher in the '30s and she was a hardcore leftist. So was a grand aunt of mine. The PS system actively discourages individuals who can think for themselves that don't toe the labor union line, therefore you rarely see Conservatives out in the open. I'm sure there are a few, but it's like trying to find one in Hollywood. If I had to make an estimate, I'd say 85% or greater are left of center.