Kate O’Hagan, a 4th grade teacher in Brooklyn, NY, uses CEE’s ‘Classroom Mini-Economy’ to teach real-world lessons in her class.

The United Federation of Teachers wrote a great article about Kate and her class, “Although they’re having fun, these children at PS 97 in Brooklyn are learning the serious business of being a grown-up in the Classroom Mini-Economy project, which O’Hagan began this past September after taking a free professional development unit on it at the Council for Economic Education in Manhattan.” Read more…

POSTED: February 6, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: economics, elementary, Financial Literacy, Lessons, personal finance, Professional Development, school program, Students, teachers, training

The lights went out at Super Bowl XVLII, but it wasn’t because the stadium didn’t pay the bills.

In fact, NFL stars are promoting financial literacy through VISA’s Financial Football DVD. Read more…

POSTED: February 4, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: Financial Literacy, Games, personal finance, school program, Students, Survey of the States, video

Tennessee is one of only 14 states that require high school students to take a course in personal finance, according to CEE’s Survey of the States biennial report.

“Reality Check,” a program sponsored by the Chattanooga, TN Chamber of Commerce, teaches ninth-grade students how to budget their money. The Chattanooga Times Free Press documented the one-day exercise in an effort to bring attention to the need for financial literacy in high school. Read more…

POSTED: January 23, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: 9-12, CEO, Financial Literacy, Lessons, personal finance, school program, Students, Survey of the States

CEE’s Survey of the States was once again utilized as the backbone of support for economic and financial education in our nation’s schools.

In last week’s USA TODAY, Sabina Bharwani and Carrie Sheffield encourage K-12 education in economics and personal finance to prevent the ever-climbing student debt from reaching uncontrollable proportions.

“Teaching personal finance, economics and business in schools is a fundamental task in our hypercompetitive world, yet too few of our schools are on board. In 2011, just 22 states required a high school course in economics and just 14 states required the offering of a course in personal finance, according to research from the Council for Economic Education (CEE). These classes offer a solid foundation for studying our ever-globalizing world and guidance on dealing with tempting credit card offers hitting students’ mail boxes at age 18.”

Read their full column here.

POSTED: January 14, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: economics, Federal Reserve, personal finance, Standards, Student Loans, Survey of the States

CEE’s Survey of the States is often referenced in articles such as this one from MSN Money, ‘Why Teens Fail at Managing Money.’ Findings from the Survey show that over the last two years, economics and personal finance requirements to graduate high school are slowing and in some cases moving backwards.

Today’s student loan debt is more than the national credit card debt, and if students continue to graduate high school and college without financial literacy, both numbers could continue to climb exponentially.

Read the complete story here, and leave your comments below.

POSTED: January 7, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: CEO, Credit Cards, Financial Literacy, parents, personal finance, Student Loans, Students, Survey of the States, teachers

With each new year, we ponder the past and prepare for the future. Nan J. Morrison, President & CEO of CEE, looks ahead for our nation’s students in her latest blog post on Huffington Post Education, “To a Happier New Financial Year: Smart Decision-Making Begins in the Classroom.”

Read the full blog post here.

POSTED: January 2, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: CEO, Financial Literacy, personal finance, Politics, Students, Survey of the States