Best Practices Awards

The Mississippi Council on Economic Education received an Excellence in Economic Education Grant in 2005 to implement Replication of Best Practices.

The purpose of the program is to recognize teachers who have developed lessons that produce quantitative and qualitative results with students in the economic strands in any subject area, in Mississippi's Schools.

Five teachers have been selected by our panel of judges for the 2008 Excellence in Economic Education Best Practices awards.

The 2008 winning Best Practices permit teachers throughout the state to use the strategies that have produced quantitative and qualitative results.

Enjoy using the following Best Practices and please let us know how these strategies work in your classroom:

Excellence in Economic Education Best Practice Winners

 First Place Senior High: The Labor Force by Christy Walker, Madison Central High School

Second Place Senior High: "Lu and the Swamp Ghost", Children's Literature and the Great Depression by Connie Lambert, Alcorn Central High School

Third Place Senior High:  Senior Debates by Matt Walker, Canton Academy

Honorable Mention, Senior High: Career Profile by Monica Roland, Brandon High School 

First Place Middle School: "Globalization and Trade Barriers:  Everybody's Got An Opinion" by Pam Carrubba, Bay-Waveland Middle School
Investor Education Best Practice Winners
First Place High School:  "How Can I Make My Money Work For Me?" by Linda Jenkins, Bay High School
Second Place High School:  "Momentum Mississippi: The Building Blocks of Economic Understanding" by Laurie Blalock, Ocean Springs Alternative Education Center

First Place Middle School:  "Keys to Success in Investing" by Pamela Carrubba, Bay Waveland Middle School
First Place Elementary School:  "It's Only A Game (Isn't It?)!" by Kim Clemons, Beauvoir Elementary and Jeff Davis Elementary 
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