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Baird, Katherine, (1958-)

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Trapped in mediocrity : = why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Trapped in mediocrity :/ Katherine Baird.
Reminder of title:	why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it /
Author:	Baird, Katherine,
Published:	Lanham, Md. :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : c2012.,
Description:	x, 243 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	A historical and comparative perspective on the United State's educational system -- Just how low are our educational standards? -- The consequences of low expectations on student effort -- Low standards compromise higher education's mission -- Reduced productivity and increased wage disparities -- Low standards harm those we think are helped -- The tyranny of too many voices or "too many cooks spoil the broth" -- Exit, voice and the "something for everyone" curriculum -- Soft America meets hard America: the perceived high costs and low benefits of high expectations -- Getting from here to there.
Subject:	Public schools - United States. -
ISBN:	9781442215474 (cloth : alk. paper) :

Trapped in mediocrity : = why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it /
Baird, Katherine,1958-

Trapped in mediocrity :why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it /Katherine Baird. - Lanham, Md. :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2012. - x, 243 p. :ill. ;24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A historical and comparative perspective on the United State's educational system -- Just how low are our educational standards? -- The consequences of low expectations on student effort -- Low standards compromise higher education's mission -- Reduced productivity and increased wage disparities -- Low standards harm those we think are helped -- The tyranny of too many voices or "too many cooks spoil the broth" -- Exit, voice and the "something for everyone" curriculum -- Soft America meets hard America: the perceived high costs and low benefits of high expectations -- Getting from here to there.

ISBN: 9781442215474 (cloth : alk. paper) :US35.00

LCCN: 2012009975Subjects--Topical Terms:

527592
Public schools
--United States.

LC Class. No.: LA217.2 / .B33 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 370.973

Trapped in mediocrity : = why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it /
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