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Jennifer Foreman

Sep 28, 2026

7:26
How does that impact, first and foremost, the business of running charter school network? And then secondarily, how does that inform your priorities from an HR perspective?
7:36
Okay, so you speak about the economics of it.
7:39
It's actually critical, right? It's a fact that teachers just earn less than most other professions.
7:51
That's just a fact.
7:52
In the United States generally, in most countries generally, probably the only country that way I've seen or I've heard that it's different is Singapore, for example, that elevates the educator and they might earn the same as, you know, other professions that are very, very necessary.
8:11
So because of those economics, the end result of that is we actually have a national teacher shortage here in the U.S. That's the end result of that situation.
8:21
So if someone becomes a teacher, it's usually because it's their calling.
11:57
What about the non-educators, the administrators, including the HR function that support them?

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