Research & Writing
Professor Schug often speaks and writes about economic and financial education, market-based reforms in education, and issues in urban school districts.
He has conducted policy studies for state and national organizations.
Recent Articles
- The Status of Entrepreneurship Education at Institutions of Higher Learning in Southeast Wisconsin
by Mark Schug - Economic and Financial Education for the 21st Century
by Mark Schug and Jane Lopus - Teachers Can Be Millionaires, Too
by Mark C. Schug and William C. Wood - History Matters: An Institutional Approach Examination of the U.S. Constitution
by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini and Mark C. Schug - Why Did the Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous, and Free?
by Mark C. Schug - Are High School Economics Teachers the Same as Other Social Studies Teachers? The Results of a National Survey
by Mark C. Schug, David A. Dieterle, and J.R. Clark
Latest Research
- Schug, M. C., & Niederjohn, N. S. (2008). Preparing Effective Teachers for the Milwaukee Public Schools: How Good a Job Do Wisconsin Schools of Education Do? Thiensville, WI: Wisconsin Research Policy Institute.
- Niederjohn, N. S. & Schug, M. C., (2008). A Study of the Regulatory and Business Climate: Milwaukee, Green Bay, Denver and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Sheboygan, WI: Lakeland College Center for Economic Education.
- Schug, M. C., & Niederjohn, N. S. (2009). Mandated K-12 Testing in Wisconsin: A System in Need of Reform Hartland, WI: Wisconsin Research Policy Institute.
- Schug, M. C., & Niederjohn, N. S. (2009). Value-Added Testing: Improving State Testing and Teacher Compensation in Wisconsin. Hartland, WI: Wisconsin Research Policy Institute.
To see Mark's latest policy studies, go the www.wpri.org.
Mark has been the guest co-editor of six issues of Social Education, the flagship journal of the National Council for the Social Studies.
Mark has published over 110 articles which have appeared in several national journals including
- Business Education Forum
- International Journal of Social Education
- Journal of Economic Education
- Journal of Economics and Finance Education
- Journal of Private Enterprise
- Kappan
- Social Education
- The Social Studies