Critics say that holding districts accountable for closing the achievement gap is onerous and unfair, some of them suggesting that nothing can be done.
The administration has specifically argued for a testing plan that would break out test scores by race and ethnicity, so that states could be held accountable for closing the achievement gap between rich and poor children.
The statement, for which Mr. Paige later apologized, has given the union, the National Education Association, reams of free publicity and energized its effort to topple No Child Left Behind, which holds public schools accountable for closing the achievement gap between rich and poor children.
Let me talk about five key areas of accountability: turning around failing schools, expanding public school choice, measuring the progress of our high schools, increasing discipline and safety in our schools and holding states and schools accountable for closing the achievement gap.
At the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention last weekend, I asked Rep. Jeff Duncan whether Trump and Cruz will have a hard time holding Wall Street accountable given their close ties to Wall Street.
It's small change relative to any number of ways to reduce the deficit: squeezing wasteful Medicare and military spending, reforming the Social Security disability program, forcing social programs to become more accountable for results, closing corporate tax loopholes, returning tax rates on the rich to Clinton-era levels.
Sociopaths aren't driven by the desire to make the world a better place, help others or be accountable in their closest relationships.
Being accountable and ending impunity.
"Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process," Sessions said.
And since representatives at each level would be accountable to people who are close to them, honesty would be required.
