Nov 28, 2023
Mike Beyer, the co-author of Pencils Down: Career Journeys of Educators Who Left the Profession and What We Can Learn from the Crisis in Education, joins us as we discuss why teachers are leaving droves, what motivated him to write the book, his journey from teacher to principal who was then fired, to non-profit work to...
Nov 21, 2023
In Teacher Misery Podcast Episode 7: What Happened to the Teacher Misery Show? DeAndre, Lauren, and MaryAnne discussed the show they thought they were a part of, which turned out to be a scam by the Teach Your Heart Out organization. Part of the scam was making the whole thing feel legitimate by funding a...
Nov 15, 2023
Lauren and DeAndre are joined by Daphne Gomez, Founder and CEO of Teacher Career Coach, a program and community that helps teachers transition outside of the classroom; we talk about what prompted Daphne to create the course, the crappy advice people give teachers who are unhappy, how you know if you will like...
Nov 7, 2023
Lauren/Jane and DeAndre discuss 5th-grade teacher Katie Rinderle, who was fired for reading the book My Shadow is Purple to her class. This a book that is recommended for ages 3-5 and was being sold,d at the school's book fair that day. We talk about why people are so concerned about introducing the concept of gender...