Trapped in Mediocrity: Why Our Schools Aren't World-Class and What We Can Do about It

by Katherine Baird

Book Overview

Our students aren't learning, we're falling behind other countries, and many of our college graduates are even functionally illiterate. We offer our kids a weak and poorly thought out curriculum; too many teachers do not make good use of classroom time and follow lesson plans that are superficial and repetitive; almost all state governments define "proficiency" at low levels of competency; and because kids with very uneven skills populate a classroom,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144221547X
• ISBN13: 9781442215474
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"