Who Lost Leonard Pitts Jr.?
Leonard Pitts Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald, is not exactly one of those raving right-wingers. And yet:
“Can we be honest here? I mean, brutally honest? D.C. public schools are not good enough for the Obama kids. Not because they are D.C. public schools, but because they are urban public schools.
“I’m not doubting the dedication of public school teachers. And yes, there are exceptional public schools — but the exceptions prove the rule. Public schools, particularly in urban areas, are largely failing our children….
“You’d think it would be a no-brainer that people who don’t perform get the axe and those who do get raises. Isn’t that the way it works in most nonunionized professions? But the teachers union apparently exists in some alternate universe where everyone is rewarded equally regardless of the quality of their work.”
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