The “X”odus Files: Accountability is the Problem.
t’s time to stop trying to rescue “accountability.” It’s a horrendous word and its application only results in blame based authoritarianism.
I have seen the attempts to “reclaim” accountability and I have taken my fair share of criticism for my critique of accountability. But why reclaim something that has nothing to do with empowering the human spirit? And why use language to appease? We gain nothing by reclaiming a toxic narrative and appeasing critics.
Accountability is forced compliance. It’s an out of date factory term and actually defines the moment we are all living quite well.
Teachers and public schools are shitty and can’t be trusted so forced compliance—accountability—will bring the system back in line.
The harsh reality is that forced compliance through accountability creates a system that forces teachers and public schools to be shitty. Accountability is the overseer in this upside down world where teachers are forced to enact harmful pedagogies that maintains our current socio-economic and political reality.
This has never been about test scores and failing schools and shitty teachers. No. The last CONTINUE READING: The "X"odus Files: Accountability is the Problem. | BustED Pencils