You know, if a school is doing poorly, that is, the kids are not really learning what they ought, then the parents of those kids can go to the school board meetings and raise holy hell. This is accountability, it already exists, and it just needs to be used.

Creating "accountability" (read: federal programs to determine school performance, on the national taxpayer's nickel) at the Federal level seems like a funny thing for a conservative to do. Don't they usually want to move control AWAY from the top and down to the bottom of the food chain? Or say they do, anyway?

Just some thoughts.

Alex