If Teachers Ruled the World

About If Teachers Ruled the World

The podcast where real teachers get real. No Pinterest perfection. No out-of-touch theory. Just honest talk about what teaching actually looks like—failures, wins, and everything in between. Hosted by Leah Cleary, a 25-year classroom veteran who says what we’re all thinking. If you're burned out, doubting yourself, or sick of impossible expectations, you're not alone—and you're not broken. Let’s give teachers a voice. New episodes weekly. Finally, someone’s saying what teachers are thinking.

Publisher

Leah Cleary

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jul 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

61 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Encore: Living in the Chasm: Why Teacher Burnout Isn't Your Fault

   Teacher exhaustion in October is PAINFUL: grades are due, and the workdays for finishing them are largely gone. In this encore of season 1, episode 37, Leah explains why being behind on grading isn't a personal failure, with a new intro and ending for this point in the year. Full show notes: leahcleary.com/teacher-exhaustion-in-october (https://leahcleary.com/teacher-exhaustion-in-october/)

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Can Teachers Remove Disruptive Students? Georgia, Iowa, and the Law Nobody Uses

   Georgia teachers can remove disruptive students from class, but almost no one does. Leah shares the first-year moment that made her consider it, busts the "two removals" myth, and explains why Iowa's new SF 2428 may finally give teacher removal laws real teeth. Full show notes: leahcleary.com/can-teachers-remove-disruptive-students (https://leahcleary.com/can-teachers-remove-disruptive-students/)

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Teaching Synthesis Skills in the Age of AI

   A student's test answer clearly wasn't written in their own voice, and Leah had no way to prove it. That's the moment that sparked this episode on teaching synthesis skills in the age of AI. Leah shares what she now does, during and after note-taking, to build the one skill AI genuinely can't replicate for students. Check out the show notes here: leahcleary.com/teaching-synthesis-skills-in-the-age-of-ai/ (https://leahcleary.com/teaching-synthesis-skills-in-the-age-of-ai/)

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