I'm all for accountability...

but you have to give people the skills, knowledge and resources to succeed. Governor Gibbons new proposal for education requires accountability but doesn't provide support. If teachers' retention, salary, etc. are based solely on student performance, how will we ever get good teachers to work in the schools most in need of help? There was a good article in Education Week on turning around poorly performing schools in Chicago by helping the teachers focus on shared learning outcomes. They worked with the Strategic Learning Initiatives organization which also provided a report on this work.