"Accountability! They are now being measured on their performance where they never before were and they don't like it one bit. They will have to change or lose money. So, who won that battle, the conservatives or the liberals?"
Accountability, alone, is not meaningful.
Accountability to parents is what conservatives want.
Accountability to the fedgov is not a conservative, small-government victory.
Accountability to the fedgov is not a conservative, small-government victory. It is a step in the right direction, better than we had before, and probably all we could expect to get under the circumstances.