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Welcome The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational organization founded to promote economic literacy in Mississippi. The MCEE's mission is to meet the critical need of insuring that the K-12 schools and teachers in Mississippi provide quality instruction in economics and personal finance to our young people, that is academically sound and non-partisan. The MCEE provides resources and training to public and private K-12 teachers in Mississippi, empowering educators to teach their students how economics relates to their lives as a worker, citizen and consumer.
Click here for more workshops from the Federal Reserve.
Did You Know? ~Students score 48% on a test of knowledge of personal finance issues before our training and score 86% after completing the program. ~Data from the Mississippi State University Center on Economic Education and Financial Literacy shows that high school students who participate in the Stock Market Game score 8 points higher on the Test of Economic Literacy! ~91 cents of every dollar goes directly to teacher programming. ~For every teacher that is trained, that teacher reaches 100 students the first year and another 100 the next year, and so on….. Want to know more about the MCEE? Click here for our fact sheet.
Click here for MCEE's 2009-2010 Annual Report
Click here for a copy of MCEE's 990
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DON'T MISS...
Master Teacher of Economics Join us this summer as we spend a week learning how to teach Economics to students! This is a certificate program and free CEUs are given! Click here for more inforamtion and to register.
Master Teacher of Entrepreneurship Learn how to guide your students in all aspects of entrepreneurship from creating a business plan to opening their own business! Click here for more information and to register.
Banner
School for Financial Readiness
The purposes of the Mississippi Banner School in
Financial Readiness are: *To
recognize Mississippi schools who are
effectively teaching students economic,
financial and entrepreneurial skills. *To
reward demonstrated success in student
achievement in economic and financial literacy
and *To
reward students who are experiencing the
greatest success in achieving demonstrated
economic and financial literacy. Award winners receive recognition in a formal program and student scholarships. Selected schools will receive a Banner to display at their school designating the school as a Mississippi Banner School in Financial Readiness and administrators will be given the opportunity to award $500 scholarships to at least three students who are achieving the highest success. Click here for your application.
Compound Interest Calculator
The Compound Interest Calculator visually shows students the dramatic affect that compounding can have on investments. This interactive can be used to supplement multiple lessons within the Learning, Earning and Investing publication. Teacher's Guide (PDF - 50KB)
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