Council for Economic Education

Council for Economic Education
Council for Economic Education
Council for Economic Education logo
Organization
Abbreviation CEE
Headquarters New York, NY, USA
Type Non-profit organization
Purpose Promotion of economic literacy
People
President/CEO Nan Morrison
Chairman Craig S. Donohue
Secretary S. Buford Scott
Treasurer Kenneth L. Thome
National Council on Economic Education) is a national non-profit organization "committed to empowerment and opportunity through economic and financial literacy."[2]

The mission of the Council for Economic Education is two-fold: To advocate for better and greater school-based economic and personal finance education at the kindergarten through 12th grade levels (K-12); and to educate young people in the United States and around the world, primarily through well-prepared teachers, so they may become empowered with economic and financial literacy.[3]

Headquartered in New York City, the Council provides resources to teachers and students in K-12 working in economics. These publications - print and electronic - are available nationwide.

Contents

Campaign for Economic Literacy

The Council for Economic Education is working on an "ambitious campaign effort to significantly increase economic literacy -- much like the national campaign already well underway for reading literacy."

From their website:

The need for such a concerted effort is urgent; the issue is critical. Young people entering the workforce cannot function effectively without knowledge of how the world works. The spiraling rate of personal bankruptcies and credit card debt; the lack of understanding of the importance of saving and investing; the inability to discern the consequences of powerful international economic changes, or even to know the meaning of "profit," are all evidence that we as a nation can no longer afford to make economics an option in our schools. It is especially necessary to give our young people -- who are our future -- a grasp of the basic principles of the American economic system. [4]

Investors

The following is a partial list of donors to the Campaign for Economic Literacy. Each has donated at least 100,000 US Dollars to the Campaign.

3M Foundation Allstate Insurance Company American Express Foundation
Ameritech AT&T Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Business Roundtable Carson Group Thomas J. Holce Investments
HSBC - North America International Paper Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation The McGraw-Hill Companies Merrill Lynch
The Moody's Foundation Mortgage Bankers Association NASDAQ Educational Foundation
State Farm Insurance Companies The John Templeton Foundation United States Department of Education
UPS Foundation, Inc. The Vanguard Group Verizon Foundation
Wells Fargo Worth Media

Other past contributors:

  • Ariel Investments, LLC
  • Caterpillar Foundation
  • Charles Schwab Foundation
  • Citigroup Foundation
  • Dillon Foundation, Inc.
  • Edward Jones
  • FedEx Services
  • Ford Motor Company Fund
  • JA Japan
  • JP Morgan Chase & Co.
  • Kraft Foods, Inc.
  • McDonald's USA
  • Mentor Press LLC
  • NYSE Group
  • Univision Radio

[5]

References

  1. ^ CEE Homepage
  2. ^ Council brochure
  3. ^ "About us" from the Council website
  4. ^ "Campaign for Economic Literacy" from the Council website
  5. ^ "Investors" from the Council website


External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Council for Economic Planning and Development — 經濟建設委員會 (中華民國) Agency overview Formed 1984 Jurisdiction Free Area of the Republic of China …   Wikipedia

  • Council for Industry and Higher Education — CIHE Established 1986 Members 52 Location …   Wikipedia

  • Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations — CISCE Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations Formation November 3, 1958 (1958 11 03) (53 years ago) Type Non Governmental Board of School Education …   Wikipedia

  • Council for the Development of French in Louisiana — CODOFIL s logo. The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, or CODOFIL known in French as le Conseil pour le développement du français en Louisiane and Konséy pou Dévelopmen di françé en Lwizyàn in Creole is a state agency created in… …   Wikipedia

  • Council for Wales and Monmouthshire — See also the Council of Wales and the Marches for the council governing Wales between 1473 and 1689. The Council for Wales and Monmouthshire was an appointed advisory body announced in 1948 and established in 1949 by the UK government under… …   Wikipedia

  • Council for Cultural Affairs — The Council for Cultural Affairs (Chinese: 文化建設委員會) is a cabinet level unit under the Executive Yuan of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is to design the culture policy within Free Area of the Republic of China. External links …   Wikipedia

  • Council for Hakka Affairs — The Council for Hakka Affairs (客家委員會), established in 2001, is a cabinet level unit under the Executive Yuan of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). List of the ministers Fan Guang chuin (范光群) 2001 to 2002 Yeh Chu lan (葉菊蘭) 2002 to… …   Wikipedia

  • National Center for Research in Economic Education — The National Center for Research in Economic Education (NCREE) is a non profit center located at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. Its primary function is to assist researchers and other organizations with research,… …   Wikipedia

  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development — (OECD) …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education — Logo of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education coordinates change and improvement in Kentucky’s postsecondary education system as directed by the Kentucky Postsecondary Education… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”