Many nonprofit leaders probably sighed with relief this summer when Congress passed the most far-reaching corporate-accountability legislation in decades. Not only would the legislation restore ...

This post was updated Oct. 24 at 11:47 p.m. When Bruins head to the polls this November, they will vote on reforms for city accountability. Measure HH lets voters choose to amend the city charter to ...

In the past, government and institutional leaders have gauged accountability with productivity measures including enrollment, graduation and retention rates. Increasingly, key stakeholders are ...

Update: March 1: This story has been updated to note the ballot title challenge period and next steps. A new ballot initiative seeks to overhaul and water down a police accountability measure that was ...

Are organisations being asked to prepare a mirage of metrics? At some point, measurement starts distorting reality. In ...

Measure R would cement in place two improvements in L.A. County’s justice system that are so smart and so important that they’ve already been largely accomplished: It would significantly strengthen ...

On June 4, Los Angeles voters will decide the fate of Los Angeles Unified School District’s Measure EE, a $500 million annual property tax. Measure EE would tax structures on properties at a rate of ...

Currently, there is little accountability for student outcomes—let alone student learning—within federal higher education policy. The good news is that colleges and universities are responding to ...

Hardesty is a Portland city commissioner. It is no secret that I came to Portland City Council to reshape public safety in our community. As an activist, I often spent time with people on the worst ...

In your editorial of Oct. 16, you attribute the “illusion of educational quality” to the school establishment, that establishment being the superintendents of all our local school districts. In fact, ...