Dear Etnians Just read the article that Gloria posted from the New Republic. Have to say that if I hear or read about "teacher accountability" one more time I am going to have to go out into the garden and let off steam by weeding the garden ( I hate doing that so much). What about parent accountability and government accountability and societal accountability first of all. Why do they want to make the teachers accountable for all the ills that plague our system. The first thing that I am sure Mr Joel Klein would love to do is try and weaken the union's hold and then start to privatise just as BB is trying to do to the health system. What may work for the good old US of A may not work for others. By the way does it work for the US of A!! Pound for pound I bet we have more Nobel prize winners!! Happy hols to you all Barry Praag Dafna "From: Gloria Spielman <gspiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gspiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Subject: [etni] Article in the The New Republic Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:39:08 +0200 Innovative No More Why hasn't Israel embraced much-needed education reform?" ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------