Students leaving school prepared for their economic roles as workers, consumers, citizens, and lifelong decision makers in a globally interdependent world.
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 and talk to other teachers through the message board.
Workshops on the way! The Georgia Council is hard at work arranging the workshop menu for Fall 2009. Thus far, more than 90 workshops are scheduled on topics from Advanced Placement to Virtual Economics 3. GCEE will be offering workshops across Georgia throughout the coming school year. If you are a new teacher or have recently been assigned economics we are here to help. Teachers who need to brush up on their knowledge of economics can quickly get up to speed at a GCEE workshop, and gain the understanding and confidence they need to be effective in the classroom. Fall GCEE workshops are offered at no cost, with materials included. Don't wait to register because workshops fill quickly. GCEE Associate Director Dr. Glen Blankenship will have dates for Fall 2009 workshops posted in time for preplanning. Check back in July!
2008-2009 Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon Video GCEE held the 2008-2009 Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon on May 5 at the Georgia Freight Depot, where about 550 students, teachers, parents, and business leaders gathered to honor winning student teams from school systems around the state. Georgia School Superintendent Kathy Cox called the Stock Market Game "by far, one of our state's most successful and engaging programs" and hailed the student winners "who wish that $100,000 was real." Special thanks to Economic Empowerment Initiative, Inc. President and CEO Samuel T. Jackson for emceeing the Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon again this year. Economic Empowerment Initiative, Inc. (EEI), an Atlanta-based non-profit that helps high school and college students understand how to manage their finances, build entrepreneurial success, and create wealth, once again joined with GCEE for this year's event. EEI produced this video, which also featured GCEE Chairman Milton Jones, President of the Bank of America in Georgia, and Gary Alexander, Managing Director of Investments at Wells Fargo, in an illuminating conversation on contemporary economics, from the current recession to what young students will need to know about finances in the future.
Starr's Mill High School finishes third in Economics Challenge
They might have finished third at the 2009 Economics Challenge in New York, but that still makes Starr's Mill third in the whole country! GCEE is proud of Starr's Mill and the admirable performance they turned in during this year's National Economics Challenge. You can read about it here. Congratulations Starr's Mill High School, and teachers Mark DeCourcy and Michael Melvin!
Gwinnett named Program of Excellence
At the 2009 GCEE Annual Meeting, the Gwinnett County Public Schools were awarded the 2009 Economics Program of Excellence. Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks and Social Studies/ EconomicsAmerica Coordinator Debbie Daniell received the honor for the Gwinnett County Schools. You can read about it here. Congratulations to the Gwinnett County Public Schools!
Parkview High School breaks record in Stock Market Game
Speaking of Gwinnett County Public Schools, Parkview High School is the winner of the spring 2009 Georgia Stock Market Game, setting a record in the process. Parkview, along with winners from school systems around Georgia will attend the annual Stock Market Game Awards Luncheon on Tuesday. You can read about the spring statewide champions here.
Economics lessons from the real world
Looking for some real world economics lessons right out of the headlines, or some fun ideas for bringing economics to your classroom? Whether you teach kindergarteners or high school students, check out the GCEE Blog, where former Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year and GCEE Teacher in Residence Mike Raymer and Starr's Mill High School economics teacher Michael Melvin take a look at the headlines and pull out economics lessons you can put to work in your classroom now. Jumping from the NCAA Final Four college hoops brackets to Austin Powers to Ben Bernanke, Mike and Mike blog about economics in the news with a teacher's perspective, constantly searching for fun topics and practical examples of economics at work here in Georgia, across the country, and around the world. So, if you've been teaching economics longer than Tim Geithner has been alive, or just got assigned economics as a subject this semester (and aren't really sure what to do!), the GCEE blog is an easy way to pick up some quick and useful ideas. You can visit The Georgia Council Blog here.
Stock Market Game in the News
WXIA 11 Alive News in Atlanta profiled one Stock Market Game team as they researched stocks, crunched numbers, and invested in stocks during the fall 2008 session. Education reporter Donna Lowry followed the team as they made their way through treacherous economic circumstances during the ten-week trading session. You can see the story here.
EconomicsAmerica: a resource for school systems
Joining the EconomicsAmerica network is easy, and has advantages for participating school systems like:
Priority when registering for teacher training workshops. Many GCEE workshops are offered at no charge with materials included- but they can fill up fast!
Support staff development. Curriculum directors and key administrators can learn about the latest progams in economic education.
In-service workshops. GCEE provides professional learning units for teachers with in-service workshops, including reimbursement for substitute teachers so classroom teachers can attend.
Easy access to a complete menu of resource materials, including a variety of special programs designed to help make economcis an exciting subject to study.
To participate in EconomicsAmerica, click here to get started.
