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

In addition, the MCEE received a grant from the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) in 2006-2007 to partially fund the Mississippi Investor Education and Investor Protection Program (MIEIPP). With this support, 155 teachers were trained in the key investor education and investor protection principles. Students scored on average 48% on a pre test on this subject before receiving the curriculum and 85% following the use of the curriculum.  This 77 per cent gain in the demonstrated student knowledge of investor education and investor protection principles is highly significant. MIEIPP provided the opportunity for teachers to submit their Best Practices in Investor Education and Investor Protection for cash prizes. The winners demonstrated the use of the curriculum in their classroom and quantifiable results with their students.

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.

Six teachers have been selected by our panel of judges for the 2007 Excellence in Economic Education Best Practices awards.

Three teachers have been selected for the 2007 Investor Protection Best Practices awards.

The 2007 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: