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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.
Master Teacher in Economics Program Registration for the Master Teacher in Economics 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!
Register Now for National Conference! Registration is open now to attend the NCEE/NAEE/GATE Annual Conference. This is a once in a teaching career opportunity! Click here to register to attend. |
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2008 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Forum on American Enterprise Planning is underway for the fifth annual Forum on American Enterprise honoring U.S. Senator Thad Cochran by the Board of Directors of Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is underway. The Forum will be held on Tuesday, October 14 from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Jackson Marriott located at 200 E. Amite in downtown Jackson. The Forum is a major fundraiser for the MCEE, which is the only non profit organization in the state to provide professional development for the state’s K-12 teachers in economic and financial education. MCEE is the country’s 9th most productive state council according to the National Council on Economic Education.
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Thank you to the 2008 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Forum on American Enterprise Planning Committee!
Members of the Planning Committee pictured from left to right are: Evelyn Edwards (Ridgeland), Vice President, CRA Officer, Mid-MS Region BancorpSouth; David Barrentine (Madison), Regional President, BancorpSouth who co-chairs the Planning Committee; Cindy T. Elder (Gulfport), Account Executive, MS Power Co, who also co-chairs the Planning Committee; Ted J. Alexander (Hattiesburg), CEO, Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation; Gloria Harvey (Jackson), AT&T MS; and Gloria Johnson, (Jackson), Director of Customer Service—MS Entergy; Committee members who are not pictured include: Matt Ballew (Jackson), Chairman of the Board, Security Ballew, Inc.; Paul Breazeale (Jackson), Senior Partner, Breazeale, Saunders & O”Neil, Ltd.; Greg Cronin (Ocean Springs), President, Charter Bank; Carole Lynn Meadows (Gulfport), co-founder Lynn Meadows Discovery Center; Jim Richmond (Madison), Director—Corporate Communications, Cellular South; and Candie L. Simmons (Ridgeland), Regional Marketing Director—Southwest Regions Bank.
Two Award Opportunities For Teachers Are Announced!
The 2008 Annual U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Mississippi Economics Teacher Award- Honoring outstanding teachers in any subject area who show assessed increases in Economic and Financial Literacy of our state’s students. Click here for your application and further details.
The 2008 Best Practices Award Announced-
Recognizing
teachers who have developed lessons that
produce quantitative and qualitative results
with students in the economic strands in any
subject area, in Click here for your application and further details.
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.
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) |
