Ed School Math Training Does Not Compute
University education schools have lots of room for improvement when training teachers to teach math.
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
Our Encroaching Federal Government
A provision in the pending Higher Education Act enables Washington to punish states for cutting aid to higher education.
A Non-Solution to a Non-Problem
A call for more higher education to solve the “wage gap” wouldn’t work even if there was a serious problem.
Why It’s So Hard to Teach Students These Days
Professor Mark Bauerlein looks at “The Dumbest Generation.”
Giant of Ideas Threatens Small Minds
Some University of Chicago faculty are throwing a tantrum over the proposed Milton Friedman Institute.
How Much Do College Students Really Learn?
Some colleges are asking that very question about their own students.
Is the College Degree Obsolete?
One academic suggests that the standard four-year degree is more hindrance than help.
Bureaucracy U?
The proposed
Who Has the Final Say about Grades?
When students object to their grades, do colleges have the right to overrule the professors?
Thinking of Law School? Let the Buyer Beware!
A word of caution about investing in a law degree unless you really want to practice law.