Economics Challenge is a national competition for high school students

Competition Levels

1. Local competition
2. Regional finals
3. Top three teams and their teachers are rewarded with cash prizes; top team wins a trip to New York City

Purposes

• Promote understanding of how the U.S. economy works in a global competition
• Eliminate the victim mentality many students have; A national test showed that 54% of high school students failed to understand and possess economic literacy
• Connect the concepts of skills and high-paying jobs to help students develop marketable skills
• Teach students to win in life by knowing the rules of the global market game

Watch a video of the 2011 National Economics Challenge Championship in New York City, where San Jose, California’s Harker School took third place nationally.