Connotation, Quality, Accountability. . .

Inside Higher Ed's "Getting to Green" blogger muses about why "accountability" might be a term that is limiting our vision:

"Why is NCLB any less ridiculous a slogan than 'no car stuck in traffic' or 'no patient dies except from age-induced total organ failure' or'"no deaths of innocent civilians or from friendly fire'? In each of those cases, a certain number of suboptimal outcomes are expected, because they're seen as unavoidable."

Read more:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/getting_to_green/connotation_and_quality