just desserts

(for some reason the table gets pushed down in the entry, a plot no doubt. just scroll down for the entry)

desperately hopeless situation	US public education	Bush's prosecution of the war in iraq
proposed solution	quantification of achievement: "accountability"	quantification of achievement: "accountability"
group doing the proposing	president	congress
measurement goal	adequate yearly progress	benchmarks (progress with militias, oil revenues, minorities, elections)
unstated belief	if they really wanted to teach those kids, they would	he's a dangerous idiot - how can we limit the damage?
program  name	no child left behind	no president left behind