With upcoming changes in the graduation requirements, many teachers will be teaching some or all of the new economics and personal finance requirements for the first time. VCEE and affiliated centers for economic education, in collaboration with others, will be providing professional development opportunities for teachers to assist them with the content knowledge and also provide quality resources, including creative lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Meet the entrepreneurs of tomorrow! Elementary students who participate in Mini-Economy or Mini-Society® programs are able to experience becoming entrepreneurs. They learn concepts such as supply and demand, scarcity, opportunity costs, profits, and money management. It allows students to construct their own knowledge by going through the process of creating their own business. Many students participate in a "global" market at the end of the program.

The Stock Market Game™ is a real-world simulation for grades 4-12 used to help teach math, social studies, business, economics, and language skills and promoting the importance of long-term saving. (Pictured above) One of VCEE’s scholarship recipients attending the New York Stock Exchange Summer Workshop for teachers.