Know a skilled teacher of financial literacy or economics?

Nominate them for an “Outstanding Economics Teacher Award”. Recipients receive a plaque, a $100 stipend, and publicity in local and university media. Presentation of the awards are scheduled to take place at a May luncheon on campus of The University of Akron. Two awards will be presented, one for grades K-6 and the other for grades 7-12.

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Criteria:

• Exceptional practice. Including use of inquiry and other effective and engaging pedagogies

• Connecting economic fundamentals to learner participation in civic life

• Commitment to professional self-growth and sharing expertise with colleagues

• Leadership and advocacy in economics education.

Family Financial Fun Night combines financial education with fun

The Barker Center for Economic Education's staff, along with twenty-five University of Akron education majors from the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education, collaborated with volunteers from Wells Fargo and the Council for Economic Education to bring a family financial fun night to the Mary M. Bethune School in East Cleveland, Ohio, on November 6. The K-8 public school, in the Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD), services an economically distressed neighborhood, where 100% of students that attend the school are identified as financially disadvantaged by the Ohio Department of Education. The event had over fifty-two youth and twenty-three families participate.

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