Herper Kushner
13:04 - 13:20
"I love this profession. I believe in our students, but at some point we have to stop asking educators to prove how much they can endure and start asking why enduring these conditions we've created has become a requirement of the job. Our students deserve educators who can stay, and our educators deserve a district that gives them a reason to."
“I love this profession. I believe in our students, but at some point we have to stop asking educators to prove how much they can endure and start asking why enduring these conditions we've created has become a requirement of the job. Our students deserve educators who can stay, and our educators deserve a district that gives them a reason to.”
- Speaker
- Herper Kushner
- Timestamp
- 13:04 – 13:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
I love this profession. I believe in our students, but at some point we have to stop asking educators to prove how much they can endure and start asking why enduring these conditions we've created has become a requirement of the job. Our students deserve educators who can stay, and our educators deserve a district that gives them a reason to. Thank you.
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