The more I think about this, the more it seems like Jobs was making a speech in Texas that might've been written for a New York or California audience. New York has a relatively stronger union and a system of tenure for public school teachers which does seem to make it more difficult to address extreme incompetence. But even in New York where teachers' unions have more influence, the politicians usually seem to be able to outmaneuver them.
The teachers' uniions in Texas serve as an impediment to just about nothing that administrators want to do.
What the hell was Jobs thinking?
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