Programs Overview
Our goal is to prepare California students for successful participation in the economy. Every program that we develop or promote has that goal in mind. We use the Nine Principles to teach three things: benefit/cost analysis and its application to many different areas of the economy, the importance of developing human capital, and markets (product, labor and financial markets, how they work, how prices are determined and what they represent), and how these three areas influence students' lives.
Capital Markets Contest
Students learn basic information about financial markets, such as the difference between stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, the determination of stock prices, and the influence of economic, social, military, and political events on the markets. They learn to apply economic reasoning to financial decisions. Winners receive cash prizes and a trip to New York.
Choices and Changes
Using children’s literature, Choices and Changes emphasizes four major themes: analytical decision making, students as workers, production, and markets. The program includes parent involvement, service learning, and experiential understanding. It conforms to both the California Language Arts and the History/Social Science Standards. External evaluation of the program demonstrates improvement in both student understanding of the economy and attitude towards their role in the economy.
Economics Challenge
The only national competition for high school economics students – this program promotes interest in economic education, honors high achieving students and showcases outstanding high school economics programs. The Economics Challenge combines the excitement of an athletic competition with the pride of academic excellence. In each competition teams of 3-4 students answer rigorous questions on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics. The most exciting round of the competition is the final round conducted in an oral quiz-bowl format. The top two teams from the first three rounds compete in the final round.
Financial Fitness for Life
This K-12 program provides lessons at four different grade levels; K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. Each set of materials includes instruction in five areas: economic reasoning, investment in human capital, saving and spending, credit, and money management. Teacher, student, and parent materials are included for each grade level. Workshops are conducted for both teachers and parents.
Financial Smarts for Teachers
The purpose of this program is to inform current and future teachers about basic financial topics such as budgeting, buying and owning a home, planning for retirement. In partnership with two other non-profit organizations, CCEE brings this program to credential students and classroom teachers. The information is aimed specifically at teachers and their unique financial issues. Workshops run from four to five hours.
Learning, Earning & Investing
Learning, Earning and Investing introduces students to the world of investing, its benefits and risks, and the critical role it plays in fostering capital formation and job creation in our market system. Learning, Earning and Investing is a comprehensive investor education program focusing on the benefits and strategies for investing in the long term. Lessons cover basics such as the language of financial markets, reading the financial pages, and the role of financial institutions in the U.S. economy. There are lessons on stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
Living the American Dream
This program helps students learn some of the basics of buying and owning a home. It is meant to teach students basic economics concepts such as benefit/cost analysis, the operation of product, labor, and credit markets, and the influence of the Federal Reserve Board on credit markets in the context of the housing market. The program is aligned with the California History/Social Science Standards.
MoneyWiseTeen
This international award winning web-based program teaches basic economic concepts as outlined in the 1998 History/Social Science Standards in a “credit” context. Ten animated modules illustrate economic principles through stories that are understandable and relevant to teenagers. The program helps develop the reasoning skills necessary for economic self-reliance. With 10 workshops of 25 teachers each, we can reach 75,000 students.
Teacher Guide to CA Economics Standards
To help teachers meet the 1998 Standards, CCEE has developed a handbook comprised of 23 lessons. Content focuses on economic principles, including choice, costs of choices, benefit/cost analysis and the role of profit and competition in a market economy. The new lessons provide usable concepts to guide economics teachers in preparing students to function as adults including roles, responsibilities, opportunities and challenges in the labor market, choosing products and services, saving and investing, and participating intelligently in our democracy. Teacher evaluations demonstrate a 96% approval rating.
Virtual Economics
This interactive tool helps teachers understand the most important concepts in economics and personal finance and find the right lessons to teach them at each grade level. Search a database of over 1,200 lessons by grade level, concept, Voluntary National Content Standard in Economics or California economics standards. Teachers can view and print the lessons they want. The glossary includes over 500 economics terms and definitions.
