Do any of the big 3 have education BAs?

[sanantone]

I'm not sure what it's like where you live, but here in CA a degree in anything and a teaching cert is enough.  You do NOT have to have a BA in education to become a teacher.  As a matter of fact, it's not even always suggested.  Not a single teacher that I know personally has a BA in education.  They either have it in something entirely unrelated (like a business degree, decided to go back later to become a teacher) or a subject specific degree like English, Math, Science, etc.

If I was going to hire an English teacher for instance, I would much rather get someone who has a degree in English than someone who has a degree in Education.  Same with most subjects.

Most schools here don't care at all what your degree is in, they really care whether you're a good teacher or not.  A degree can't make you that.

That's how it is in Texas. Our schools don't offer many undergraduate degrees in education. It's expected that you get a degree in the subject you'll teach. Even then, a lot of people end up teaching unrelated subjects after passing the corresponding TEXES exam (similar to Praxis).