It's a free, fast, and fun way to infuse learning with economics and financial concepts. Lessons feature teacher resources and student activities, with links to related, pre-screened web pages. ECONnections , a website segment sponsored by the McGraw Hill Companies, has interactive lessons and audio interviews with experts from Standard and Poors. Its high-school curriculum and teacher guidebook integrate math and economics to help teens learn money management skills and the proper use of credit. The project begins this fall with field-testing of NCEE's Personal Finance Economics instructional materials in California, Florida, and Texas.
All materials correlate with national standards in economics and mathematics.
Schools that Teach the Power of Economic Literacy . Schools were chosen for successfully integrating economics across their curriculum. Additionally, each school program met national and state economic standards and showed quantifiable results. Judging begins this month, and 25 semi-finalists will be announced in November. NCEE's Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' recently released Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.