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why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it

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An edition of Trapped in mediocrity (2012)

Trapped in mediocrity

why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
370.973
Library of Congress
LA217.2 .B33 2012, LA217.2.B33 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25270329M
Internet Archive
trappedinmediocr0000bair
ISBN 13
9781442215474, 9781442215498
LCCN
2012009975
OCLC/WorldCat
778424443

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OL16585412W

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