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Union Bank Opening Branches in Two L.A. Schools The $102 billion-asset Union Bank said Friday that it plans to open two student-run branches at Crenshaw High School and Abraham Lincoln High School in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.

Today is the day! We hope to see everyone at the "Making Financial Literacy a Reality with CCEE" event from 5:30-7:30pm at First Republic Bank.
https://www.smore.com/hd5u-come-celebrate-with-ccee

Come Celebrate With CCEE The California Council on Economic Education is pleased to host, in partnership with, Dr. Mitchell Perry, Tracy Williams and Blair...

Last Chance to Register! Teen Student Video .
Deadline to sign up your class is TODAY October 8th.
Award: Winning teams receive up to $2,500


Register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e7z3evow4156047f&oseq=&c=&ch=

MoneyWise Teen Video Competition Fall 2013 Sign up for your class to participate in this year's MoneyWise Teen Competition! This competition will assess whether your students can creatively demonstrate their knowledge about compound interest, cost/benefit analysis, opportunity costs, and more. Top prize is $500 for each member of the winning...

We are proud to support Peter Cook! He will be working with CCEE this year conducting workshops!

Going Beyond Gold | USC Shoah Foundation High school teacher Peter Cook discusses the importance of character education, and putting "culture before content," in today's classrooms.

wait but why: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy Most spot on and hilarious thing I've read in awhile. I can't get enough of this new "Gypsy" term! I'm definitely a Gypsy...

Save the date! Tuesday, November 12th, join us- Teaching Economics and Financial Literacy with the Common Core.
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=98iy54cab&oeidk=a07e84qop9t24a48e54

Teaching Economics and Financial Literacy with the Common Core CCEE will present a lineup of speakers who will show teachers resources and tools to apply Common Core and integrate financial literacy and economics lessons into their classrooms across all disciplines. All participants will receive a free copy of 'Financial Maps to Investment Success' by Kenneth G...

Register Today!

Attend 18th Annual CASET Conference California Association of School Economics Teachers (CASET) presents our 18th annual Economics in Education Conference 2013. Join us at...

Attention teachers, feedback needed!
What's the tough stuff to teach in economics and financial literacy? We will use your input as we design upcoming workshops. Take our survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ybzgdK6RBE1rQ6rVqZGa5eV6ZAcE4wbCpN-yxbfq3OM/viewform

Economics Tough Stuff

CalCPA is hosting the 2013 California Financial Literacy Conference for Educators this Thursday! Make sure your students are prepared for their financial future by joining. http://www.calcpa.org/Content/26191.aspx

The Economic Consequences of a Closed Beach | Economy | NOAA's State of the Coast Beach recreation is the foundation of the California coastal economy. Over 64% of Californians make at least one trip per year to the shore, 2.5 times the national average (Kildow and Colgan, 2006).

Looking for a nice little Econ app? These just might do the trick. Why not get your students using economics-themed apps? Maybe they're not as cool as Angry Birds or Total-War-Monger-Mania but they will certainly help make teaching economics a little more interesting...a good one.
http://www.a2zeconomy.com/www/index.html
..another good one.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/economics-ap-free/id449698299?mt=8
..another another good one.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred-mobile/