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Queens Teacher: The Threat of Accountabalism

Queens Teacher: The Threat of Accountabalism:

The Threat of Accountabalism

The Threat of Accountabalism

Phillip C. Schlechty

This practice has worked its way into public education, and now it's gobbling up our young.

Public education in the United States is slowly being overwhelmed by what business consultant David Weinberger calls accountabalism.1

According to Weinberger, accountabalism is "the practice of eating sacrificial victims in an attempt to magically ward off evil." He goes on to write,

Because accountability suggests that there is a right and a wrong answer to every question, it flourishes where