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The Council for Economic Education Launches New York City Teacher Training Program as part of The McGraw-Hill Companies Financial Literacy Now New York Campaign
NEW YORK CITY, November 3, 2009 -- Today the McGraw-Hill Companies announced it is spearheading an ambitious new campaign with several non-profit partners to help New Yorkers better manage their personal finances. With a major emphasis on supporting educators, the campaign expects to provide in-class training to 800 teachers, and by extension benefit up to 80,000 students, this year alone. The newly established campaign, Financial Literacy Now: New York, is a joint effort of The McGraw-Hill Companies, the Council for Economic Education, Literacy Partners, Inc., the New York Public Library, Talking Fin Lit and W!SE. The campaign will leverage the expertise of McGraw-Hill and its non-profit partners to help New Yorkers learn more about basic economic principles, including savings and interest, as well as more complex concepts like mortgage terms and conditions and diversification in investing. Campaign advertorial in the September '09 issues of Business Week (PDF: 644 KB) The Council for Economic Education will play its part in the campaign by offering a range of professional development opportunities to more than 600 teachers in the New York metropolitan area. The CEE will host a series of 20 in-person teacher training workshops for K-12 teachers in economics and personal finance over the course of 2009-2010. Workshops will be held at the CEE's newly launched HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education in midtown Manhattan. Listing of currently scheduled workshops supported by the McGraw-Hill Companies Financial Literacy Now: New York Campaign The CEE will also offer free user sessions to local high school teachers in "Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Teachers of Economics", which is currently hosted on the CEE's online professional development platform, also supported by the McGraw-Hill Companies. More information on how teachers can access the "Capstone" online professional development program. In addition, as part of the program, the CEE was proud to present the first annual "McGraw-Hill Teaching Champion to local New York City teacher, Ken Mengani. Mr. Mengani teaches at the World Journalism Preparatory School in Bayside Queens, and was presented the award along with a check for $1,000 at the CEE's Visionary Awards gala at the St. Regis Hotel on October 29th, 2009. See Ken Mengani's acceptance speech at the 2009 Visionary Awards. The Financial Literacy Now New York Campaign brings together the combined resources and talents of some of New York's most reputable educational organizations, including the CEE, Literacy Partners, Inc., the New York Public Library, Talking Fin Lit and W!SE. It was developed in response to the increasing demand for economic and financial education among adults and young people across the city. Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies notes that the need for enhancing economic education has never been greater:
See Terry McGraw's comments on the need for greater economic education on Fox Business. For more information about the CEE's involvement in the Financial Literacy Now New York Campaign, please contact Renee Colombo For more about The McGraw-Hill Companies' Financial Literacy Now New York Campaign Media Relations Contact: Jason Feuchtwanger
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