About NCEE

The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a unique non-profit partnership of leaders in education, business and labor devoted to helping youngsters learn to think, to choose and to function in a changing global economy.

Founded in 1949, the NCEE is the premier source of teacher training and materials used to instill an understanding of economic principles for grades kindergarten through twelve. The nationwide network includes state councils and over 260 university-based centers under the banner of EconomicsAmerica. NCEE also operates an international economics training initiative called EconomicsInternational, which carries our market principles to the world. Through these vital networks the NCEE carries out its mission with vigor, integrity and demonstrated success.

A national imperative

The shocking reality is that American high school and college students know precious little about how the American economic system actually works and what they need to know to work successfully in it. Fifty percent don't know what a federal deficit is. Sixty percent do not understand the purpose of profits. Seventy percent cannot identify the most widely used measure of inflation. Sixty percent think wages are set by government action.

The price of economic illiteracy is more than this country can afford: Young people unfamiliar with the basics of saving, investing, the uses of money and credit. Adults more likely to have money problems, career problems and credit problems, and less likely to make informed decisions as citizens and voters.

A local solution

The only way to develop an economically literate citizenry is through the schools, in the classroom, one teacher at a time, one student at a time. That's why the National Council on Economic Education developed EconomicsAmerica. Each year, through a vast network of state councils and university-based centers, EconomicsAmerica teaches approximately 120,000 teachers. These teachers in turn teach basic economics to over 7 million students. This is a massive undertaking, but even more will need to be done in the future. More teachers need to be trained. More students need to learn basic economics. We as a nation can afford to do no less.

What the NCEE does

NCEE publishes and distributes books, teacher strategies and resources for classroom use. These materials are the state of the art in economic education.

NCEE develops curricula for teaching economics. In over 46 years more than 6 million teachers have been trained, and more than one hundred million youngsters have been taught basic economics. The NCEE is the organizer and driving force in developing the National Voluntary Standards in Economics, and the national resource for the implementation of those standards throughout the country.

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