Discover Personal Finance like you’ve never see it before!  The Personal Finance Institute provides a five-day, in-depth study of the 14 areas of instruction required by the Passport to Financial Literacy legislation. Teachers will tour businesses, hear from expert speakers, and have an experiential and interactive learning opportunity through this Institute while learning to implement personal finance [...]

Teaching Economics Using Children’s Literature Saturday, April 21, 2012 University of Central Oklahoma Nigh University Center, Cherokee Room 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.     There is a growing recognition from educators and other opinion leaders that to be effective citizens, students must have a basic understanding of the economic world around them. Many excellent [...]

The top scoring student on the written test rounds will win an Apple iPad! The first 150 students registered for either the Economics or Personal Finance Challenge recieve a free t-shirt! Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Nigh University Center- University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK. 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Team check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. [...]

The Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch are pleased to invite you to participate in the second annual Outstanding Economics Student Awards Program. Your honored student, his or her parents or guests, and a representative of your school will be invited to attend a dinner [...]

Participate in the Spring Social Studies Conference Saturday, March 31, 8:30  – 3:00, at the Oklahoma Bar Center in Oklahoma City. The conference will feature keynote presentations by Amy Petty, survivor of the Murrah building bombing and the OSDE Social Studies Director, Kelly Curtright.  Breakout sessions will include topics related to civics, economics, financial literacy, [...]