Summer vacation season is here and after this school year teachers need a break as much as

anyone.

The school year started with rage.

All over the US school board meetings became flash points in the culture wars over mask

mandates and critical race theory.

Let's get to COVID now in the battle over whether schools should be open for in-person learning

as the Omicron variant just surges across the country now.

This whole turn to winter teachers had to carry on through the deadly Omicron surge.

Most schools stayed open even as the COVID variant tore through them.

And then in the spring, good afternoon and we're coming on the air because of an awful

scene playing out today in Texas, an active shooter for a time at an elementary school

in Uvalde, Texas.

Last month in Uvalde, Texas, 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed in

their classrooms, renewing a national debate about gun violence, school safety and even

arming teachers.

For many, it's too much.

In a nationwide poll this year, the National Education Association surveyed more than

3,000 educators and 67 percent said burnout was a major problem.

More than half of teachers said they'll likely leave their professions sooner than they'd

originally planned.

Consider this.

Teaching is harder than ever and some educators are at the breaking point.

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