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Our Vision Students leaving school prepared for their economic roles as workers, consumers, citizens, and lifelong decision makers in a globally interdependent world. Our Mission To help teachers teach those students in the public and independent schools of Georgia. Helping teachers teach economics Thank you for visiting the Georgia Council on Economic Education's Web site. We're working hard to be the resource of choice for K-12 social studies and economics teachers across the Peach State. Here you can review programs, register for workshops, order teaching materials, or connect to GCEE's ECONBLOG. Harry the Hawk flies in for Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon More than 650 students, teachers, and parents gathered for the 33rd annual Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon at the Georgia Freight Depot on May 7 in Atlanta. State School Superintendent John Barge congratulated the winning teams who traveled from across Georgia for the event. Guest speaker John Inhouse, Managing Director at the Atlanta Buckhead Complex of Merrill Lynch, addressed the students and praised them for their hard work in school. During the spring trading session, he was also the executive sponsor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlanta teams that participated in the Stock Market Game along with players from the Atlanta Hawks. Atlanta Hawks mascot Harry the Hawk made a dramatic entrance at the luncheon, high fiving his way to the stage and entertaining the audience just in time for the awarding of trophies. GCEE would like to thank Bank of America, Deloitte, Invesco, the Georgia Securities Association, the CFA Society of Atlanta, the Primerica Foundation, the SIFMA Foundation, and the Atlanta Hawks for their kind support. Congratulations winners! 
Atlanta Hawks mascot Harry the Hawk entertains students, teachers, and parents at the 33rd annual Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon. Spring Stock Market Game winners They're building a Stock Market Game dynasty in Gwinnett County. Mark Leviton's team at Gwinnett County's Parkview High School has finished with the highest portfolio value in the state- $202,782- making them the statewide winners for the spring 2013 trading session. Starting in the spring of 1990, Parkview has been the statewide winner 11 times, more than any other school since the program came to Georgia in the fall of 1980. The statewide middle school winner was Jay Watt's team at The Westminster Schools that finished with a portfolio value of $183,325. Click here to see a list of winners. Parkview's statewide winners, Westminster's middle schoolers, and winning teams from every participating school system in Georgia, along with a winner from each independent school region, are invited to the annual Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon on May 7 at the Georgia Freight Depot in Atlanta. Congratulations Stock Market Game winners! John's Creek and Starr's Mill meet the Economics Challenge The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta hosted the 2013 Economics Challenge on March 25. Around 100 students in 20 teams, along with their teachers, traveled to Atlanta from around the state for the largest Economics Challenge to date in Georgia. Competing in two divisions, the Adam Smith Division for AP economics students and the David Ricardo Division for honors economics students, all students took two tests individually in micro- and macroeconomics, and a third team test on international economics and current events. Two teams with the highest scores from each division squared off in a Quiz Bowl round. When it was all done, the last two teams standing were John's Creek High School in Fulton County for the Adam Smith Division and Starr's Mill High School from Fayette County in the David Ricardo Division. GCEE would like to thank the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. Congratulations to the winning teams! GCEE congratulates top Georgia InvestWriters GCEE has announced the Georgia winners of the fall 2012 InvestWrite essay competition. Phyllis Hunt's student Abigail Weimer, a fifth grader at Colham Ferry Elementary School in Oconee County, had the best essay in Georgia among elementary school students. Monica McDermott's seventh-grade student Jessie Barre at Oglethorpe Charter School in Chatham County had the best middle-school InvestWrite essay in the state. Jolie Meyen, a twelfth-grade student in Craig Ellis' class at Oglethrope County High School in Lexington, had the top high school essay in Georgia. The fall InvestWrite essay winners and their teachers will be recognized at the annual Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon in Atlanta on May 7. Congratulations to Georgia's InvestWrite essay winners! Congratulations to Personal Finance Challenge winners The Personal Finance Challenge in Georgia is over and the winners have been notified. Congratulations to first-place winners "M 5-3", Karen McKnight's team at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Gwinnett County. Coming in second place was "Iguana Cats Shaves", Christopher Shields' team at Wheeler High School in Cobb County. In third place was "J 3-2", Beverly Jerrim's team at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology. Crystal Gaines' team "Team DFA I" at Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Richmond County was the fourth-place winner. In fifth place was "J 2-8", another Beverly Jerrim team at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology. The four members of the winning team and Karen McKnight now represent Georgia in the National Personal Finance Challenge in St. Louis on May 2, an exciting day of challenging competition, meeting students from other states, and having the opportunity to win more prizes and cash. This was the first year Georgia joined in the Personal Finance Challenge, with 22 teachers, 172 teams, and 638 students participating. Congratulations winners and thank you to all teachers and students for participating in Georgia's 2013 Personal Finance Challenge. Sign up for summer workshops GCEE has some new workshops for summer. Economic Systems in the 6th and 7th Grade GPS is a new three-day workshop in June. Two more new workshops are Georgia's Ports and Georgia's Economy for high school teachers and Georgia's Changing Economy for 8th grade teachers. Also in June, the College Board's Advanced Placement Micro- and Macroeconomics, a weeklong program that GCEE has facilitated every summer since 1999. Summer workshops will fill up fast, so don't wait to register. Click here to see GCEE's summer workshop listings. .
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News and Announcements
Apr 30, 2013
GCEE and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta host 2013 Economics Challenge
Mar 29, 2013
Meet the winners of the fall 2012 InvestWrite essay competition. InvestWrite is a companion program of the Stock Market Game. Click here to learn more.
Mar 22, 2013
Fox 5's High 5 Field Trip visits Jason Kornegay and Stock Market Game students at South Central Middle School
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