This entry leaves me, an association employee, feeling like we CAN do more. And yet, I’m sure you’re aware associations are under scrutiny and sometimes attack from parent rights groups that feel strongly accreditation standards should be wielded to enforce their own specific brand of values rather than another set of values. Whose values? Human development values of course…but often those practices have become politicized in ignorant ways. Our “beach” would indeed have to be funded differently as you identify in your first lever.