A Credible Critique of Teacher Education
A new study concludes that American education schools are an “industry of mediocrity.”
Author Profile
George Leef
George Leef is director of external relations for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. He was a vice president of the John Locke Foundation until 2003.Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, Leef was president of Patrick Henry Associates, a consulting firm in Michigan dedicated to assisting others in advocating free markets, minimal government, private property, and individual rights. Previously, Leef was on the faculty of Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, where he taught courses in economics, business law, and logic. He has also worked as a policy adviser in the Michigan Senate.
A regular columnist for Forbes.com, Leef was book review editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education, from 1996 to 2012. He has published numerous articles in The Freeman, Reason, The Free Market, Cato Journal, The Detroit News, Independent Review, and Regulation. He writes regularly for the National Review's The Corner blog and for SeethruEdu.com.
Articles by George Leef
Students and Parents: Read This Book
Former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett questions whether college is �worth it.�
Playing Ping Pong with Fisher
The Supreme Court remands the “affirmative action” case with orders for “strict scrutiny.”
College Is Not an Investment
So we shouldn’t treat it like one.
Pop Psychology and Political Distractions
Why do conservatives care about faculty liberalism? Neil Gross provides his convoluted, conspiratorial answer.
A Poor Whitewashing Job
Neil Gross takes a “nothing to see here, folks” approach in his book on conservative complaints about academia.
A Revealing Look at a State Flagship
Paying for the Party confirms many of your worst fears about big state universities.
Is UnCollege the College For You?
Dale Stephens answers ten questions about his new book Hacking Your Education.
Re-igniting Education
The old approach of making it happen may give way to letting it happen.
Sorry, But We Should Just Start Over
The Gates Foundation commissions 15 papers on “reimagining” federal student aid.