Related: Our discussion "On Teachers' Unions, Accountability and School Reform" and our Guest Post "Three Starting Points for Thinking Differently About Learning".
One example of progress is the African Union (AU /NEPAD Accountability Report on Africa-G8 Partnership Commitments, 2013, the first ever themed accountability report on delivering results to end AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa.
The witnesses to this act not only verify the union and encourage accountability of the betrothed, but also stand in a place of honor to assist in the protection of that union.
At the center of it was merit pay — the idea of paying teachers based on performance that has long been a flash point between critics of teachers' unions who believe it would increase accountability, and union leaders who fear that performance would be based on test scores rather than the subtleties of classrooms.
But also important, of course, is that schools not be burdened by bureaucracy-loving, to-heck-with-students unions that shirk accountability for student performance.
Christine Blower general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers' union, warned that schools' accountability would be undermined.
Day was a firm supporter of the government's industrial relations agenda to reintroduce a tougher building regulator and increase accountability of union officials.
The legislation she was referring to was the restoration of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and increasing accountability of union officials.
Then, as the campaign heated up, he shifted over to pure union orthodoxy, ripping into accountability and testing in a speech in New Hampshire in a way that essentially gutted the reformist case.
The march has lately taken firmer positions: the organizers have booted a pro-life group from their list of partners, and released a firmly progressive three-page policy statement that advocates for reproductive freedom and economic justice for women, as well as immigration reform, police accountability, and union rights for all.
