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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.
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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! ~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 2007-2008 Annual Report
2009 US Senator Thad Cochran Forum on American Enterprise
Please
plan to join the Mississippi Council on
Economic Education for the sixth annual U.S.
Senator Thad Cochran Forum on American
Enterprise on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER:
Patrick
K. Barron
First
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Click
here
for more information.
It's Time For Awards! The MCEE is proud to offer Mississippi teachers the opportunity to apply for two prestigious awards, the 2009 Economics Teacher of the Year Award and the 2009 Best Practices Award. Don't miss this opportunity to win cash prizes and share your success with teachers around the state! Click here for the Best Practices application. Click here for the Teacher of the Year application.
Master Teacher in Economics Program Registration for the Master Teacher in Economics summer program is now available! Teachers' average score on a test of economics literacy is 62 before MCEE training and 86 after the training, a 40 percent increase. Click here for your application!
Virtual Economics What is it? The
Virtual Economics®: Version 3.0 CD-ROM is an
interactive tool that helps you understand the
most important concepts in economics and
personal finance and find the right lessons to
teach them at your grade level. The CD-ROM
allows you to search a database of over 1,200
lessons by grade level, concept, Voluntary
National Content Standard in Economics or
The CD is valued at $99 but thanks to a generous grant from State Farm Insurance, the Mississippi Council on Economic Education is able to provide this invaluable tool at no cost to you. How can I get one? You can receive a VE by attending any of the workshops hosted by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. Check the calendar to find a workshop near you. If you would prefer, we can come to your school at a date that is convenient for you and train you and at least 20 of your colleagues on the VE. You may also wish to receive the training online. For more information, please contact our office at 601-974-1325.
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) |
