Economics
Mathematics
Video
Teaching Economics (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift's massive impact on the economy inspired a high school teacher to create lessons in "Swiftonomics."
College & Workforce Readiness
A Lesson in Eggonomics: The Story of Soaring Prices and Industrious High Schoolers
California agriculture students are undercutting grocery store egg prices鈥攁nd learning big lessons in the process.
Federal
Opinion
It鈥檚 Their Future
鈥淏eyond balancing checkbooks and understanding the miracle of compound interest, young people need to learn鈥攁nd teachers need the curriculum resources to teach鈥攁bout public finances,鈥� writes Andrew L. Yarrow.
Education
Seizing the Moment to Raise Economic Literacy
We've heard of social studies teachers seizing the moment and using the buzz around the Presidential election as a way to motivate students to learn more about the workings of our government.
Federal
Flagging Economy Propels Financial Education
Concerns about the foundering economy are helping to highlight the need to improve students鈥� understanding of money matters.
Curriculum
Opinion
Why Markets Are Important (And What They Could Do for Public Education)
Denis P. Doyle comments on the heavy hand of tradition and the lack of entrepreneurial vitality in the education realm.
Assessment
Seniors Handle Broad Economic Principles
But many struggled with the basics, the first NAEP in the subject shows.
Assessment
First Economics NAEP Termed 鈥楴ot Discouraging鈥�
Forty-two percent of U.S. 12th graders scored at or above the 鈥減roficient鈥� level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in economics, the first time that subject has been tested under the heavily scrutinized federal program.
Federal
Report Finds Lack of Economics Instruction
Fewer than half the states require students to take even a basic course in economics.
Curriculum
Getting Down to Business
At Villages High School in Florida, getting ready for class is largely about getting ready for work.
Curriculum
Federal File
Addressing Income Inequality
Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, weighs in on the connection between education and income inequality.
School & District Management
Study Questions Role Math, Science Scores Play In Nations鈥� GDPs
A study of more than three dozen countries, including the United States, challenges the popular belief that superior student achievement on international mathematics and science tests breeds national economic success.
Curriculum
Financial-Literacy Challenges Seen
Financial education in the nation鈥檚 schools seems to have taken one step ahead and a half-step back.
International
Opinion
Education and the Economy: If We鈥檙e So Dumb, Why Are We So Rich?
At some point, if we are to retain the lead in the global economic race, we will have to rely on our homegrown and homebound human capital for our competitive edge, writes Anthony P. Carnevale.