For more than 60 years, the Council for Economic Education (CEE) has been leading the charge for economic and financial education in K-12 schools across the nation and around the world. Watch the video to learn more about our mission and programs.
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Program Highlights

Online Teacher Training Online Teacher Training
Check out our new online training modules. Teacher training anytime and anywhere!

EconEdLink EconEdLink
More than 637 lessons to choose from - and they're all FREE!

Financing Your Future Financing Your Future
A complete personal finance program on DVD for high school teachers and their students.

Civics & Government Civics & Government
Download a free lesson plan, "Can Futures Markets Be More Accurate Than Polls?" from the upcoming Focus: Understanding Economics in Civics and Government.

Virtual Economics® Virtual Economics®
Version 3 is here! With over 1,200 supplemental lesson plans for K-12 teachers - plus multimedia concept demonstrations and state standards correlations - it's never been easier to teach economics and personal finance.

Thinking Economics Thinking Economics
Explore a new, interactive way to teach economics and connect with your students with this unique high school economics curriculum that is your high-tech alternative to a textbook.

Economics in U.S. History Economics in U.S. History
This new publication uses a unique mystery-solving approach to teach U.S. economic history to your high school students.

AP Economics AP Economics
The best way to prepare your students for the AP* exam.
*AP is a registered trademark of the College Board which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this website.

Financial Fitness for Life Financial Fitness for Life
Can you choose the better incentive? Try the grades 6-8 interactive activity to see if you can.

Economics International® Economics International®
Check out the Resources A to Z lessons. They're online and they're FREE to use.

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Publications Catalog

Council for Economic Education Publications CatalogLooking for economics and personal finance lesson plans for your classroom?

Check out our collection of over 80 economics and personal finance publications for your K-12 classroom.

You may also want to check out our NEW e-Catalog which includes videos of teachers.

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HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education

Learn more about upcoming professional development opportunities offered by the Council for Economic Education at the HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education. Workshops focus on a variety of subjects and content areas for K-12 educators and are led by the Council’s network of expert and master teachers.

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2009 Visionary Awards

Save the Date: Visionary AwardsThe Council held its 2009 Visionary Awards Dinner honoring Champions of Economic Empowerment on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. The event honored Roger Ferguson, Suze Orman, Charles Schwab, Gary Stern and local NYC economics teacher, Ken Mengani.

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Survey of the States 2009: Economic and Personal Finance Education in Our Nation's Schools

NEW! Survey of the StatesThe Report Card - Survey of the States: Economic, Personal Finance, and Entrepreneurship Education in Our Nation's Schools in 2009, was released by the Council for Economic Education on December 3, 2009 during an online press conference.

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Excellence in Economic Education

NEW! The Council for Economic Education has been granted the Excellence in Economic Education (EEE) Act award by the U.S. Department of Education for the fourth year of the program. The EEE award will infuse approximately $1.475 million, plus matching dollars, into state and local organizations dedicated to raising the level of competence in economic and financial literacy.

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Annual Conference

The Council for Economic Education/National Association of Economic Educators/Global Association of Teachers of Economics Annual Conference will be held October 6-9, 2010, at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel & Marina in Miami, Florida.

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GATE

GATE brochureThe Global Association of Teachers of Economics (GATE) is a national and international membership organization sponsored by CEE exclusively for K-12 teachers and others.

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