Comment by judahmeek
17 days ago
I think you might be conflating accountability with enforcement or motivation a little bit.
Maybe we should start by identifying metrics that enable us to measure the impact that a parent is having on their child's education?
I think we just have different understandings of accountability but, perhaps, the same end desires. I absolutely agree if it's meant to be about also measuring the impact of the parents.
To me, accountability requires an added component of being held answerable for said impact. E.g. "John was held accountable for the damage to the car" would mean John had to answer for the damage, not just "the damage John had was measured" or "John's actions were found to cause the damage". This answerability to the impact is the only part of accountability which I think we can't realistically do with parents as we are able to for students or educators.