Helping young people learn to think & make better economic & financial choices in a global economy
Student new outlet Channel One recently aired a report on student financial literacy and has created a companion site called Generation Money. The site features interactive interactive games, quizzes, tools and videos as well as lesson plans on a variety of PFL topics. The video report is featured in the second half of the segment [...]
The SMG investment simulation & competition begins its Spring 2012 session February 6 and runs through April 13, 2012. The SMG is easy to teach and easy to learn. Register student teams NOW & access lessons and other support materials immediately SMG™ is a 10-week Internet-based investment simulation/competition. Online curriculum materials support classroom activities in economics, [...]
Last Saturday, the Denton Record Chronicle quoted Center Director Steve Cobb on the economic forecast for 2012, and mentioned his ties to the Texas Council on Economic Education, in “Expert’s Figures Predict Iffy 2012. “In most elections, if the sum of the unemployment rate and inflation rate is above 10, the incumbent loses,” Cobb said, [...]
The online Request for Proposal form is now available for you to submit your proposal for the Council for Economic Education’s 51st Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference which will be held October 4-6, 2012 at the Intercontinental Kansas City at the Plaza Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. This year’s conference is co-hosted by the [...]
Teachers new to teaching economics and financial literacy may ring their hands and wonder how they are going to remember all of those college lectures to impart to their students. And, they may worry how to translate difficult concepts into understandable questions and issues to address at their students’ level. More experienced teachers might need [...]
The 51st Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference is a nationwide annual gathering of educators: K-12 teachers; college and university professors; Federal Reserve partners; and advocates in the field of K-12 economics and personal finance education. The conference features a diverse selection of presentations, workshops and events aimed at raising the levels of economic [...]
