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6th RI Financial Capability Conference
Save the date! The 6th Financial Capability Conference will be held at Rhode Island College on Saturday November 23, 2019. Come and help us build a brighter financial future for our students and our communities. Expand your financial awareness, knowledge, and capability, while networking with others in this field. Free!
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2019 Fidelity Teacher Training
This popular, free professional-development workshop was held on August 22, 2019 at Fidelity Investments in Smithfield RI. This program was open to all New England K-16 educators and pre-service teachers, and more than 100 participated! Teachers left with an in-depth understanding of key concepts, enhanced instructional strategies, and additional resources to support their students' progress toward financial literacy and capability.
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Dr. Margaret Brooks Wins 2019 Leavey Award
Dr. Margaret Brooks, President of RI Council for Economic Education, was recently honored to receive a 2019 Leavey Award for the Economics of Innovation course that she developed and teaches at Bridgewater State University, where she is Professor of Economics and serves as Director of the Center for Economic Education.
Featured Resources
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EconEdLink
We offer a variety of standards-based classroom resources for K-12 teachers, students and parents. Our resources include a variety of print and online materials.
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Gen i Revolution
Developed for middle school and high school students, this online game gives your students the chance to learn important personal finance skills as they play and compete against fellow classmates.
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Common Core State Standards
The CEE has correlated selected lessons to the English Language Arts and Mathematics Common Core Standards.
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FROM THE BLOG
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RI Schools Invited to Apply for NGPF Gold Standard Challenge Grants
RI School Leaders and Educators are invited to take steps now to qualify their schools/districts for $10k-$30k in grant money through the Next Gen Personal Finance Gold Standard Challenge. See further information on the application process here: https://www.ngpf.org/goldstandardchallenge/ The Challenge grant proposal deadline is November 1.
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Dr. Margaret Brooks Wins 2019 Leavey Award for Teaching BSU Economics of Innovation Course
Dr. Margaret Brooks, a professor of economics at Bridgewater State University (BSU), was recently named one of eight recipients of the 2019 Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. Dr. Brooks, who is President of RI Council for Economic Education and serves as director of BSU’s Center for Economic Education and its Office of Read more…
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