NEWS

FINANCIAL READINESS SKILLS TO BE ASSESSED STATEWIDE

JACKSON, MS—February 25, 2010—Next week, students from throughout the state will face off in the second annual online Mississippi Economics & Financial Literacy Challenges provided by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.  Middle and high school students are eligible for both the Economics Challenge and the Financial Literacy Challenges, which are available on-line March 1-5, 2010.  Teachers can register as many teams of four students as they wish at no cost to the teams and prizes are available for students and their teachers who achieve the highest scores.  All high schools are urged to participate.  First phase competition is regional with winners advancing to the State Finals on March 25, 2010. 

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED NOW FOR THE SPRING MASTER TEACHER IN ECONOMICS PROGRAM 

JACKSON, MS—January 7, 2010—Mississippi now has 251 teachers who have completed the Master Teacher in Economics (MTE) program in 84 school districts and an additional 84 teachers are in progress.  Applications are now being accepted for the spring program, which begins on February 6.   The MTE improves teachers’ abilities to bring economics to their students in stand-alone economics courses or to integrate economics as a strand within social studies and business curriculums. 

TEACHERS OPEN DOORS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN PRIZES

JACKSON, MS—September 1, 2009—Teachers have three ways to demonstrate the financial and economic literacy of their students through statewide competitions.  Registration is now open for the Stock Market Game and the new Mississippi Economics & Financial Literacy Challenges and provided by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.  

CLINTON SCHOOLS TO BEEF UP FINANCIAL LITERACY IN GRADES 6-12

CLINTON, Miss., July 2009 — It’s hard to prepare students for the financial challenges of the real world, but a group of Clinton teachers will soon incorporate more economics into their classroom instruction.

OAK GROVE AND MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLS WIN ECONOMICS CHALLENGE

Twenty teams competed for state championship, scholarships

JACKSON, Miss., March 26, 2009 – Oak Grove High School and Madison Central High School captured top honors in the Mississippi Economics and Financial Literacy Challenge March 25 at Millsaps College in Jackson. They emerged from a field of 20 high school teams to claim the state championship in their respective divisions and will advance to regional competition in Atlanta in April.

TEACHERS OPEN DOORS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN PRIZES IN THE NEW MISSISSIPPI ECONOMICS & FINANCIAL LITERACY CHALLENGES

JACKSON, MS—January 28, 2008—Registration is now open for the new Mississippi Economics & Financial Literacy Challenges provided by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.  High School students are eligible for both the Economics Challenge and the Financial Literacy Challenge, which are available on-line March 2-6, 2009.  Teachers can register as many teams of four students as they wish at no cost to the teams and prizes are available for students and their teachers who achieve the highest scores.  All high school are urged to participate. 

WINNERS OF FALL STOCK MARKET COMPETITION TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY BY GOVERNOR BARBOUR

JACKSON , MS —December 16, 2008—The country is in a recession yet Mississippi’s teachers are successfully teaching their students about the free enterprise system. Today, at 5 p.m. at the conclusion of the Governor’s Economic Summit at the Jackson Marriott, Governor Barbour is scheduled to introduce the winner’s of the Fall 2008 Stock Market Game competition.  Twenty six hundred students from throughout the state in grades 4 through 12 have participated in the on-line program where students invest $100,000 in hypothetical cash in the real market for ten weeks.  Of these students, nearly 80 percent have grown their portfolio above the Standard and Poors 500. 

STOCK MARKET GAME:  MISSISSIPPI KIDS ARE EXCELLING AND WORKSHOP REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SPRING 2009

JACKSON, MS—December 3, 2008—Mississippi kids are demonstrating as much as a 94.70 percent increase above the Standard & Poors 500 (SP). Nearly twenty six hundred students throughout the state are currently engaged in the Stock Market Game (SMG) and nearly twenty one hundred students are surpassing the (SP).  In the process, kids are learning essential workforce skills.  Classroom teachers in grades 4 through 12 working with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) make the program available to their students.  Training to teach workforce skills in economic and financial literacy is now available for teachers.

NOW ACCEPTING SPRING APPLICATIONS FOR THE STATE'S TOP ECONOMICS PROGRAM

December 3, 2008, JACKSON, MISS—Mississippi teachers with the Master Teacher in Economics (MTE) certification are demonstrating that vital skills of economic literacy and knowledge of the “real” world can be taught in the classroom.  Applications are now being accepted for the spring 2009 MTE program, a state certificate program, provided by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE). 

APPLY NOW FOR THE STATE’S TOP ECONOMICS PROGRAM

September 9, 2008, JACKSON, MISS—Mississippi teachers with the Master Teacher in Economics (MTE) certification are demonstrating that vital skills of economic literacy and knowledge of the “real” world can be taught in the classroom.  Applications are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 MTE program, a state certificate program, provided by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE). 

STOCK MARKET GAME WORKSHOP REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR FALL 2008

JACKSON, MS—August 15, 2008— Teacher training is available for teachers to learn how to use the Mississippi Stock Market Game (SMG) program in the fall.   The simulation is one of the most effective learning tools available about the free enterprise system for students in grades four through 12.  Data concerning the success of Mississippi students who participate in the program indicates an average eight point increase in economic literacy.  The program is appropriate for students in Grade 4 through 12.

Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation Provides Money for Teacher Training

August 6, 2008—PICAYUNE —The Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation has provided $150,000 to train master economics teachers in three Pearl River County school districts. The grant was presented recently to Dr. Pamela Smith, president of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education.