Elizabeth Green on Education and Building a Better Teacher
Elizabeth Green on Education and Building a Better Teacher  
Podcast: EconTalk
Published On: Mon Sep 15 2014
Description: Elizabeth Green, author of the new book Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach it to Anyone), talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the art of teaching and the history of various reforms, mostly failed, trying to improve teaching in America. Specific topics include the theoretical focus of undergraduate education programs and various techniques being used in charter schools and elsewhere to improve teaching performance.