The Maryland Personal Finance Challenge is a premier competition for high school students. The Personal Finance Challenge tests on savings, budgeting and building skills for a more rewarding financial future. Teams of 3-4 students, guided by a teacher or adult coach, compete to determine the state champions based on student’s experience level. Join the information […]
This College Stoplight introduces instructors to the Poverty Stoplight, a self-assessment tool created by Fundación Paraguaya that reframes poverty as multidimensional and self-diagnosed rather than income-only and externally imposed. We show how the tool’s six dimensions, 50 indicators, and red/yellow/green scale can anchor college-level lessons in development economics, behavioral economics, and personal finance. Participants will […]
An interactive, online simulation where students (grades 4–12) invest a virtual $100,000 in real-time stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
Beyond the Bell: Advanced Stock Market Game Webinar 10/6/2026 7:00 PM Take your Stock Market Game experience to the next level with this interactive, hands-on session focused on stock research. Participants will learn how to interpret key financial statistics and use them to make informed investment decisions. You’ll have the opportunity to conduct your own […]
Teaching Supply, Demand & Markets in K–5 with Hands-On Activities October 8, 2026 7:00 PM Join MCEE for a webinar designed for elementary school teachers looking to bring core market concepts to life in engaging, developmentally appropriate ways. This session Join MCEE for a webinar designed for elementary school teachers looking to bring core market […]
Conference for K–12 Finance & Economics Educators in Carlsbad, California A highlight of the back-to-school season, CEE’s Annual Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference provides unique professional development workshops for K–12 educators who include economics and personal finance in their classes.
ETF’s, Index Funds & Passive Investing Explained for Teens 10/14/2026 7:00 PM ETF’s, Index Funds & Passive Investing Explained for Teens introduces students to key concepts in contemporary investing, emphasizing the structure and purpose of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), index funds, and passive investment strategies. The session explores why passive investing has become a popular long-term approach […]
This hands-on webinar shows economics and personal-finance teachers how to use “vibe coding”—describing what you want in plain English and letting AI write the code—to build their own interactive classroom simulations in minutes, with no programming background required. We’ll start by demystifying what vibe coding is, how the AI tools work, and where their limits […]
This session will begin with an overview of the importance of building specific human-centered skills in the age of AI, supported by key articles and survey findings. It will then move into a series of engaging, classroom-ready activities, including an exploration of college and career pathways, a group decision-making exercise focused on post-college choices, and […]
Entrepreneurship: Economics of Innovation A one-day workshop presented by the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8:30 am – 2:15 pm Location: SECU Credit Union – Corporate Business Office, 971 Corporate Blvd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Join us for a day-long professional development workshop exploring one of the most engaging topics […]
Peggy Stewart Lesson 10/27/2026 7:00 pm If you are a native Marylander, then you must have heard the story of the Peggy Stewart and the Annapolis Tea Party. Think you know it all? Maybe not...... This webinar will introduce you to an MCEE book that tells the story of the Annapolis Tea Party, but puts a different spin […]
Economics Alive! explores immersive, role-based instruction as a tool for teaching high school economics. We often hear that students disengage from economics because it feels abstract and distant from their lives — but economics simulations change that. When a student has to negotiate a trade, defend a policy, or make decisions as a central bank […]