By April Somboun

We are delighted to announce our collaboration with Natalie Zfat, writer and entrepreneur. Natalie will be providing live coverage via our social media channels at the 11^th Annual Visionary Awards dinner. She will be taking over our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages tomorrow, October 26^th at 6 p.m.

Follow along as Natalie shares her experience at the Visionary Awards–where we will honor four leaders who promote economic and financial literacy to create a better-informed society. This year’s honorees include Arianna Huffington, Founder of The Huffington Post and Founder and CEO of Thrive Global; Richard Edelman, President and CEO of Edelman, the leading communications marketing firm, with 65 offices and 5,500 employees worldwide; Frank Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of First Data Corporation; and Glenn Hubbard Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.

Also, we will award the winners of the 4^th annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Awards, honoring three outstanding NYC metropolitan area teachers for excellence in economic education: Theresa Fisher, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, CT; Jonathan Joseph, White Plains High School, White Plains, NY; and Gloria Schneider, SAR High School, Bronx, NY.

Thank you, Natalie for your continued support of our mission and spreading word about the importance of personal finance and economic education.

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POSTED: October 25, 2016 | BY: brendan

By Daniel Thompson

In this issue:

Elections 2016: Conventions
Note from Nan
CEE Events
CEE Activities: Election Economics
2016 Visionary Awards Dinner Invitation

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POSTED: October 18, 2016 | BY: brendan

By Daniel Thompson

and Innovation, Integration, Immigration, submitted by Ms. Amy Tam from Los Altos High School.

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POSTED: October 13, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 4^th annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Awards, honoring three outstanding NYC metropolitan area teachers for excellence in economic education. Demonstrating innovative teaching methods, lesson plans and learning strategies, these teachers are raising the bar for economic education, and will receive the Sloan Award at our annual Visionary Awards gala at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, October 26.

Selected by an expert panel of judges, this year’s winners stood out for their creativity and ability to effectively engage students. This year’s winning teachers are: Theresa Fisher, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, CT; Jonathan Joseph, White Plains High School, White Plains, NY; and Gloria Schneider, SAR High School, Bronx, NY.

“We applaud these outstanding teachers for their innovation and dedication to making economic concepts come alive for their students,” said Nan J. Morrison, CEE President and CEO. “We hope that by bringing awareness to their achievements, these educators will inspire their fellow teachers to bring economics and personal finance to every classroom.”

The winners will co-facilitate a training workshop for area teachers and share their best lessons with teachers nationwide through videos on Council for Economic Education’s teacher website, EconEdLink. Winners receive a $5,000 prize, and their schools receive a cash award of $2,500 to support economic and financial education.

Offered since 2013, the Alfred P. Sloan Teaching Champion Awards promote economic education at the high school level by recognizing and honoring teachers who effectively deliver this important content in and out of their classrooms and achieve results. The three award recipients provide students with an understanding of economics and the tools to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives.

Congratulations to these three outstanding teachers!

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POSTED: October 13, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

The Council for Economic Education is delighted to announce the winners of the 2016 John Morton Excellence in Teaching of Economics Award, honoring three outstanding teachers for excellence in economic education. Demonstrating teaching concepts that improve and stimulate economic understanding in and out of their classroom, these teachers are raising the bar for K-12 economic education, and will receive the John Morton Award at CEE’s 55th Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference on October 7 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Selected by an expert panel of judges, this year’s winners stood out for their innovative approaches and classroom results on an important subject. They also encouraged their students to use economics and financial literacy as a means to acquire the skills necessary to succeed in their education and their future careers. This year’s winning teachers are: Gina Boyd, Mayflower Mill Elementary School, Lafayette, Indiana; Patricia Dennis, Sonara Middle School, Springdale, Arkansas; and Jacob Clifford, San Pasqual High School, Escondido, California.

“These three teachers exemplify outstanding and innovative economic teaching approaches for all ages. They bring economics to life for their students and have clearly shown their commitment to economic education that extends beyond the classroom,” said Nan J. Morrison, CEE President and CEO. “We hope that by highlighting their achievements and passion for the subject, these educators will continue to help move the needle forward to bring economics into all classrooms.

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POSTED: October 5, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

We asked students nationwide, “What economic advice would they give the next U.S. president?” and we received hundreds of creative and fun video entries. The topics ranged from increasing human capital, helping the homeless, cutting the military budget, free college tuition and more!

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE VIDEOS!

Voting period ends October 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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POSTED: October 3, 2016 | BY: brendan

By Daniel Thompson

Gina Boyd, a teacher at Mayflower Mill Elementary School, has been awarded the 2016 John Morton Excellence in Teaching Award.

The award recognizes Boyd for her outstanding work in teaching economics and financial literacy to her students. It also recognizes her efforts in organizing after-school workshops for other teachers so they could learn how to incorporate economics into their own course work. With her work in and out of the classroom, Gina Boyd has demonstrated her commitment to raising the bar for economics and financial literacy education. She will receive her well-deserved reward at the Financial Literacy and Economic Education conference on Oct. 7 in Phoenix.

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POSTED: September 29, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

CEE greatly appreciates Wells Fargo’s continuing partnership and support of our annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference, annual Visionary Awards gala, as well as many other programs over the past three decades.

This year, Wells Fargo’s sponsorship of CEE’s biennial Survey of the States report has played a key role in bringing visibility to our cause and demonstrating the necessity and urgency of our mission to advocates throughout the country.

Released in January, the 2016 Survey of the States revealed that that there has been slow growth in personal finance education in recent years and no improvement in economic education. The report has received nearly 1,000 press mentions to date, and its findings have been covered by news outlets including CNBC, PBS, Education Week, and the Wall Street Journal to name a few. Thanks to this visibility, individuals from Main Street to Wall Street and everywhere in between are aware of the state of economic and personal finance education in our nation’s schools.

Additionally, Wells Fargo’s support for the Survey of the States has allowed us to host policy events around the United States. These summits have provided us with the opportunity to engage key players in education policy and encourage them to take action to improve the state of economic and financial education in communities throughout the country.

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POSTED: September 19, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

We are excited to announce this year’s distinguished honorees at the 11th Annual Visionary Awards, four individuals who are making a powerful impact on financial and economic literacy. The Visionary Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of leaders, experts and educators whose efforts are moving the needle in the right direction, helping create a society better able to make informed decisions as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and participants in our global economy.

This year’s honorees include Arianna Huffington, Founder of The Huffington Post and Founder and CEO of Thrive Global; Richard Edelman, President and CEO of Edelman, the leading communications marketing firm, with 65 offices and 5,500 employees worldwide; Frank Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of First Data Corporation; and Glenn Hubbard Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.

“One of the greatest gifts we can give the next generation is an early understanding of healthy money habits and basic financial literacy,” said Ms. Huffington. “When we do this, we’re not only helping them to succeed financially, we’re helping them build a foundation that allows them to live a less stressful and more resilient life and reach their full potential.”

The event will be held in New York City’s landmark Plaza Hotel on October 26, the 2016 Visionary Awards will be emceed by Steve Liesman, CNBC’s Senior Economics Reporter.

The 2016 Visionary Awards are made possible by the generous support of our Platinum Sponsors Edelman and First Data; Gold Sponsors Mellody Hobson/Ariel Investments, HSBC, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Mastercard, The Moody’s Foundation, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, PwC, State Farm, Verizon, and Wells Fargo; and Silver Sponsors Ally, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., FINRA, Ford Motor Credit Company, The Julis Family, Kirkland & Ellis, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and UPS; and Fireside Chat Sponsor Bank of America.

For more information on CEE’s Visionary Awards, please visit www.councilforeconed.org/visionaryawards.

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POSTED: September 13, 2016 | BY: brendan

By April Somboun

We’re proud to announce that Wells Fargo is the leading sponsor of CEE’s 55^th Annual Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference, which is taking place in Phoenix, AZ, from October 5^th-8^th. Thanks to Wells Fargo’s support, CEE will be able to provide K-12 educators from throughout the country with outstanding conference sessions and workshops, networking opportunities, and an impressive roster of guest speakers.

Wells Fargo has made it a priority to support financial education through its Hands on Banking® program. Hands On Banking® provides specialized resources for both individual and classroom learning, all of which are available for free on their website in English and Spanish. During 2015, 3,137 Wells Fargo team members delivered Hands on Banking® workshops to 165,700 individuals and families.[i]

Thank you, Wells Fargo, for making our educator conference possible and for continuing to support our mission to improve financial education!

[i] https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate-responsibility/community-giving/

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POSTED: August 29, 2016 | BY: brendan