Published: January 15, 1997

Curriculum

Teaching such economic concepts as specialization and opportunity costs has left many a Texas teacher struggling to keep students awake as they try to meet state rules for teaching the free enterprise system. To assist them, a San Antonio economics professor has been dispatching enthusiastic college students to enliven the subject for their younger counterparts in five area elementary and secondary schools.

The Economists in the Schools program at Trinity University sends economics majors into high schools to teach and teams them with elementary education majors to teach in grade schools. The goal is to improve the teaching of economics and to balance the subject knowledge with pedagogy. The college students earn course credits for their...