<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baird,Katherine</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trapped in mediocrity : why our schools aren't world-class and what we can do about it</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Education--Standards--United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Educational change--United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Public schools--United States</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9704845</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lanham, Md.</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">243</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9781442215474 (Cloth)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 &quot;too many cooks spoil the broth&quot; -- Exit, voice and the &quot;something for everyone&quot; curriculum -- Soft America meets hard America: the perceived high costs and low benefits of high expectations -- Getting from here to there.</style></abstract><call-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cubb LA217.2 .B33 2012</style></call-num></record></records></xml>