Girls, who too-often struggle with personal finance and are wary of financial careers, will be getting a needed boost in their classrooms nationwide, thanks to a merger of two nonprofit financial education organizations: the Council for Economic Education (CEE) and Invest in Girls (IIG). The SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration supported this effort. By Read more…

POSTED: July 31, 2019 | BY: CEE

The Council for Economic Education’s president and CEO, Nan J. Morrison, as well as board member Annamaria Lusardi, the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at The George Washington University School of Business, published an op-ed in Education Week making the case that providing financial education is effective and necessary. Read more…

POSTED: July 29, 2019 | BY: CEE

No matter what the industry, it all comes down to knowledge sharing, creativity and economic empowerment. This blog focuses on that intersection.

POSTED: July 17, 2019 | BY: CEE

The top 134 students out of a total of 10,000 contestants from high schools across the USA and China descended upon New York City to compete in the final rounds of Council for Economic Education’s 19th Annual National Economics Challenge (NEC). Through written exams, a Critical Thinking Round based on persuasive presentations, and head-to-head Read more…

POSTED: July 3, 2019 | BY: CEE

No matter what the industry, it all comes down to knowledge sharing, creativity and economic empowerment. This blog focuses on that intersection.

POSTED: May 21, 2019 | BY: CEE

Share this: CEE President and CEO Nan J. Morrison was a featured guest on Jill Schlesinger’s Jill on Money podcast, discussing the benefits of introducing K-12 students to personal finance, her best and worst financial decisions, how to “pay yourself first”, and more! Listen here: Jill Schlessinger is a Business Analyst for CBS News Read more…

POSTED: May 6, 2019 | BY: CEE

Share this: An op-ed by Nan J. Morrison, President and CEO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), discussing how the vocabulary of finance is a critical tool for economic mobility was published on CNBC.com. You can read it here. Concurrent with the op-ed’s publication, CNBC aired an interview with Morrison on The Exchange with Read more…

POSTED: April 23, 2019 | BY: CEE

No matter what the industry, it all comes down to knowledge sharing, creativity and economic empowerment. This blog focuses on that intersection.

POSTED: April 23, 2019 | BY: CEE

Share this: The following teams, numbering over 260 students from across the US, will be contending locally in the National Semi-Finals of the National Economics Challenge, the only competition of its kind that tests knowledge of economic principles and the ability to apply them to real-world events. These semi-finalist teams, each consisting of 3-4 students Read more…

POSTED: April 19, 2019 | BY: CEE

No matter what the industry, it all comes down to knowledge sharing, creativity and economic empowerment. This blog focuses on that intersection.

POSTED: April 19, 2019 | BY: CEE