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Jobs Criticizes Teacher Unions at Texas Education SummitAt an appearance at last week's Texas Education Reform Foundation Summit, Apple CEO Steve Jobs criticized the nation's teachers unions for crippling innovation and hampering the leadership of school administrators, according to an eSchool News report. Jobs, along with Dell Inc., CEO Michael Dell, was invited to speak to a small group of state educators and policymakers on ways schools can better embrace technology to improve learning. However, the discussion turned controversial when Jobs blasted teachers unions for turning state and local school administrations into bureaucracies. "What kind of person could you get to run a small business if you told them (sic) that when they came in they couldn't get rid of people that they thought weren't any good?" he asked. "I believe that what is wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized in the worst possible way." Dell reportedly remained quiet during Jobs' remarks, but later said he felt that teachers unions were created for a purpose and they were doing a good job of fulfilling that purpose.
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