Accountability Nazis

Bill in Idaho (ht: Chris Correa) read a washingtonpost.com story about DC schools "killing music because of NCLB."  He was moved:

This article illustrates the dangers posed by of the drill-and-kill, test-em-till-they-drop tactics of the accountability nazis who have hijacked education the education reform movement

Hmmm.  DC Schools.  Over $12,000 per student per year.  Lack of money?  Let's try gross incompetence, politics as sport, self-interested adults, and, I suspect, outright theft.  But, of course, it is so much FUN to blame the tests, and it sure does make the public forget to "follow the money!"

Seriously, though, it's easy to josh Bill a little, but what's the problem with reporters? Why can't they ask a penetrating question once in a while?  Why are they so easily spun?  Too much group-think?  Myron Liberman identified poor education reporting as one of the killers of public education.  Of course, there's always the exception:  Jay Mathews.  A reporter like him in every city would be a great step forward for education.