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Educating the Next Generation

The CEE wants to make sure that future generations are thoroughly prepared to make responsible financial decisions.

The CEE wants to make sure that future generations are thoroughly prepared to make responsible financial decisions.

It’s a given that young people will face economic challenges and opportunities in the coming years. Perhaps spurred by the US recession, the Council for Economic Education (CEE) is committed to “empowerment and opportunity through economic and financial literacy,” it says.

An economic way of thinking is something that’s necessary in business and especially in coaching a business; you need to be able to foresee economic conditions and what economic solutions are best in each situation.

The CEE wants to make sure, however, that future generations are thoroughly prepared to make responsible financial decisions. To do this, it is focusing on developing training programs for K-12 teachers to teach their students.

Is this too early to learn about economics, supply and demand, and how to make informed financial decisions? It might be argued that it’s never too early to learn anything.

The CEE gives K-12 teachers tools they need to teach economics and finances with confidence, even if they themselves haven’t understood the subjects easily. Either way, this way the CEE is informing and educating more people – not only K-12 children, but also their teachers – and these classes and teaching tools will hopefully benefit everyone’s futures, helping everyone to make sound financial decisions later in life.