The Alabama Personal Finance Challenge, sponsored by the Alabama Council on Economic Education (ACEE), tests high school students on their knowledge of income, money management, spending and credit, saving and investing. Nineteen schools will participate in the challenge on April 23 at the University of Alabama.

“There are so many people who are totally unprepared for a financial crisis,” said Wanda McAbee, ACEE’s program director. “We want to use this competition as a vehicle to take what the students are learning inside the four walls of a classroom and apply it to the real world. We want to encourage and show students how to take more responsibility for their financial lives.”

The top two teams will battle it out Quiz Bowl-style, and the winning team will go on to the national competition, sponsored by the Council for Economic Education and Wells Fargo.

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POSTED: April 18, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: 9-12, Councils & Centers, personal finance, Personal Finance Challenge, Quiz, Students

Should we require our nation’s teenagers to pass a financial literacy quiz in order to get a license? Jean Chatzky proposed this question in her blog, and now Adam Levin has delved deeper into what this could mean for our country, and how we could begin to implement the requirement.

Weighing in on the issue are Nan J. Morrison, President & CEO of CEE, and Annamaria Lusardi, Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar in Economics and Accountancy, The George Washington University School of Business, and CEE Board Member.

“It is a low-cost, low-barrier option for getting a student interested, and they have an incentive to do so,” Nan J. Morrison says about the proposal.

Lusardi proposes that potential questions should address car ownership and insurance.

Read the full story here. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

POSTED: March 7, 2013 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: CEE Board, CEO, Financial Literacy, personal finance, Quiz

The 12th Annual National Economics Challenge streamed live on Sunday, May 20. Watch the top four teams compete in a rigorous quiz bowl to determine the National Champions in the Adam Smith and David Ricardo divisions!

POSTED: May 21, 2012 | BY: kduis | TAGS: 9-12, Awards, economics, economics challenge, Quiz, school program, Student Loans, video

More than 5,760 students from 33 states participated in the 12th Annual National Economics Challenge, and now the top two teams from each division will go head-to-head for the title of National Champion.

WATCH IT LIVE!

This year’s quiz bowl will be broadcast from the Tisch WNET Studios in New York City on Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 pm EST. Tune into this exciting live event by clicking here on Sunday.

TWEET YOUR EXCITEMENT!

Follow the Council for Economic Education on Twitter @council4econed. The live broadcast will feature our Twitter feed, so get in on the action by using the hashtag #CEE to root for your team and share your thoughts as the quiz bowl unfolds.

POSTED: May 18, 2012 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: economics, economics challenge, Quiz, school program, Students, video

Are you more news-savvy than the average American?

Test your knowledge of the major political parties by taking our short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,000 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American, as well as with the scores of college graduates and those who didn’t attend college; with men and women; and with people your age as well as other ages.

POSTED: April 26, 2012 | BY: Leslie Rasimas | TAGS: Capitol Hill, Politics, Quiz, Research