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Herper Kushner
10:33 - 11:01
“how many more dedicated educators have to walk away before we recognize that this is bigger than burnout? At some point, we have to acknowledge that when the people that we've entrusted with our students aren't being adequately supported, the problem isn't their ability to endure. It's a system asking them to. Uh, I was here in September. I stood before this board and spoke about the physical, emotional, and psychological toll this work takes on educators.”
- Speaker
- Herper Kushner
- Timestamp
- 10:33 – 11:01
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
Uh, I wanted to start, um, by asking how many more dedicated educators have to walk away before we recognize that this is bigger than burnout? At some point, we have to acknowledge that when the people that we've entrusted with our students aren't being adequately supported, the problem isn't their ability to endure. It's a system asking them to. Uh, I was here in September. I stood before this board and spoke about the physical, emotional, and psychological toll this work takes on educators.
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