Ouch. Harsh but true.

Comparing schools to small companies and principals to CEOs, [Jobs] asked rhetorically what kind of CEO can’t hire the people he wants, get rid of workers who aren’t performing or pay better workers more.

American schools “have become unionized in the worst possible way,” Jobs said.

Until that is remedied, he said, schools won’t be able to attract the best teachers and administrators.

-- Steve Jobs at a Texas Education Forum via Daring Fireball

This is as true in NSW as it is in Texas. ie very.