Schools, Teachers and Students; Signs of a Crisis in Education (Cont’d)

The Rest is Uncertain · Feb 5, 2026 · 25m

There are reasons for thinking that all is not well in our schools.

In this episode, host Laurance Splitter explores some of the difficulties experienced by teachers and students in our schools and classrooms. Many teachers are quitting because they are compelled to focus on administrative and assessment tasks, to the detriment of teaching excellence. They are experiencing greater levels of stress and anxiety, in a cycle which also embraces students and parents.

One factor behind this growing sense of crisis is society’s failure to treat teachers as professionals who are empowered to make…