Economics
Federal
Opinion
It’s Their Future
“Beyond balancing checkbooks and understanding the miracle of compound interest, young people need to learn—and teachers need the curriculum resources to teach—about public finances,” writes Andrew L. Yarrow.
Federal
Flagging Economy Propels Financial Education
Concerns about the foundering economy are helping to highlight the need to improve students’ understanding of money matters.
Curriculum
Opinion
Why Markets Are Important (And What They Could Do for Public Education)
Denis P. Doyle comments on the heavy hand of tradition and the lack of entrepreneurial vitality in the education realm.
Assessment
Seniors Handle Broad Economic Principles
But many struggled with the basics, the first NAEP in the subject shows.
Assessment
First Economics NAEP Termed ‘Not Discouraging’
Forty-two percent of U.S. 12th graders scored at or above the “proficient” level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in economics, the first time that subject has been tested under the heavily scrutinized federal program.
Federal
Report Finds Lack of Economics Instruction
Fewer than half the states require students to take even a basic course in economics.
Curriculum
Getting Down to Business
At Villages High School in Florida, getting ready for class is largely about getting ready for work.
Curriculum
Federal File
Addressing Income Inequality
Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, weighs in on the connection between education and income inequality.
School & District Management
Study Questions Role Math, Science Scores Play In Nations’ GDPs
A study of more than three dozen countries, including the United States, challenges the popular belief that superior student achievement on international mathematics and science tests breeds national economic success.
Curriculum
Financial-Literacy Challenges Seen
Financial education in the nation’s schools seems to have taken one step ahead and a half-step back.
International
Opinion
Education and the Economy: If We’re So Dumb, Why Are We So Rich?
At some point, if we are to retain the lead in the global economic race, we will have to rely on our homegrown and homebound human capital for our competitive edge, writes Anthony P. Carnevale.
International
Opinion
Education’s ‘Groundhog Day’
Only the foolish would think that 13-year-olds' skills at bubbling in answer sheets would mean much for a nation's well-being, argues Gerald W. Bracey.
Curriculum
Schools in Argentina Reeling From Collapse of Economy
When Argentina's economy collapsed suddenly at the end of last year, the hope and promise stored in its education system abruptly ended. Today, many educators there wonder if schools will even open next month to begin the new academic year.
When Argentina's economy collapsed suddenly at the end of last year, the hope and promise stored in its education system abruptly ended. Today, many educators there wonder if schools will even open next month to begin the new academic year.
School Climate & Safety
Downturn Threatens Ed. Business More Than Terrorism
The education industry has emerged from the past two months largely unaffected by the terrors of Sept. 11 and anthrax-tainted mail. Whether it can endure the economic downturn is another question.