Helping young people learn to think & make better economic & financial choices in a global economy
K-5 Economics Extravaganza Audience: Grades K to 5 educators How do I teach the new math financial literacy TEKS so that my students understand the concepts? How do I teach the social studies economics strand when I have never had an economics course? How do I connect real world experiences of economics and financial literacy [...]
Audience: Grades 4 to 12 educators who teach – History Government and economics Math Career/Technical How can teachers learn strategies for the STAARs while enjoying their own educational experiences? The answer is through the Eco Extra Conference: The Lone STAAR State in a Global Economy which involves hands-on learning experiences at Austin’s The Story of Texas Museum. Texas [...]
The 12th Annual National Economics Challenge culminates with an exciting quiz bowl this Sunday, May 20 at 3:00pm EST. More than 5,760 students from 33 states participated in this year’s competition, and the top two teams from each division will go will go head-to-head for the title of National Champion. WATCH IT LIVE! This year’s quiz [...]
Sandra Williams, teacher at First Baptist Academy in Houston, shared the following information on one of her SMG winners….. “I have a winner who wants to donate her check to a fundraiser that the Middle School students are having called “Living Water.” It costs $5,000 to dig a well for people in Africa so they [...]
Schools in Region XII are very fortunate to have Fidelity Investments sponsor the Stock Market Game in their area. Fidelity Investments presents an award to the school with the highest average total equity of teams registered by an individual teacher. It is presented to the district’s education foundation. Listen to this engaging interview conducted at [...]
The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy and NYSE Euronext are working together on professional development programs to help educators teach students about the financial marketplace and its importance in their lives and the global economy. The training sessions will feature lecture-discussions, hands-on activities and field trips. Teachers’ Workshop Program – Summer 2012 (the link [...]
