This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 179 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.

In this episode, I am going to talk about why teachers are barely hanging on right now

and what needs to be done about it.

The 2021-22 school year is often running.

And what I've been hearing from teachers over and over from every corner is that this is the worst school year ever.

So much worse than 2020, which should have easily held the title for worst year ever in every category

for a long, long time. But for so many teachers, it's turning out to be this year, and that really grinds my gears because it shouldn't be.

Every day, I see a new post on social media from a different educator shouting at the top of their lungs on this topic.

So what I'm going to say here is nothing new.

And I'm going to talk about the next topic.

But I'm hoping that if I add my voice to the very large chorus, maybe it will reach some new ears.

Before I start, I would like to thank Brain Power Academy for sponsoring this episode.

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Support also comes from Common Lit.

If you're an English language teacher, you've probably heard about Common Lit, a digital library of over 2,000 reading lessons for grades 3 through 12.

If you already like Common Lit, you're going to really love Common Lit 360.

A brand new, comprehensive, knowledge rich, English language arts curriculum, now available for grades 6 through 10.

This full year curriculum is three years in the making, and it is awesome. Covering reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and lots of student-led collaboration.

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