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May 6, 2021 Sandy Wheat, 919-791-1995, swheat@ncce.org The Fall 2020 InvestWrite competition challenged students to write an essay about how they have adapted to change at some point in their lives, how a publicly-traded company has adapted to change, and how that company’s stock could be combined with other stocks, bonds, or mutual funds to […]
May 6, 2021 Sandy Wheat, 919-791-1995, swheat@ncce.org Congratulations to all Stock Market Game™ students and teachers during the 2020-2021 school year! It is with great distinction that we announce the state champions and regional winning teams. The Stock Market Game™ (SMG( was made possible by generous funding from our program partners at Ally and the […]
April 30, 2021 Sandy Wheat, 919-791-1995, swheat@ncce.org North Carolina Economics Challenge Championship Winners Enloe Magnet High School in the Adam Smith Division and Apex Friendship High School in the David Ricardo Division Win NCCEE’s 2021 North Carolina Economics Challenge and Advance to National Semi-Finals Congratulations to all North Carolina schools, educators, and students that participated […]
In November, 46 educators completed the virtual, self-paced Investing 101 professional development offered by NCCEE. Six Fidelity Investments volunteers participated in creating Q&A style videos covering personal finance and investing basics, retirement, building wealth, types of investments, and other miscellaneous investing topics. One teacher said, “Length and content [of the videos by industry professionals] was […]
In October, 49 educators completed the virtual, self-paced Insurance 101 professional development offered by NCCEE. Six State Farm volunteers participated in creating Q&A style videos covering insurance basics, auto, home, property, health, and life insurance as well as how to talk with teens about insurance. One teacher said, “These interviews with insurance professionals were gold. […]
Prudential has committed to continuing its support of NCCEE’s mission with a $10,000 grant. On behalf of the teachers and students of North Carolina, we thank them for their continued support.
375 teachers are now more prepared to teach effectively and virtually this school year thanks to NCCEE’s summer professional development. Prior to the EPF summer institutes, 61% of teachers reported feeling unprepared to teach the new Economics and Personal Finance course. After the institutes, 91% of the teachers reported feeling confident to teach the new […]
During the spring and early summer months, 162 teachers completed the Virtual EPF Preview professional development offered by NCCEE. The course was offered to give teachers a preview of the newly required Economics and Personal Finance Course. The course was offered in Google Classroom and teachers who completed the course received a certificate for 10 […]
August 14, 2020 Contact: Sandy Wheat swheat@nccee.org Chapel Hill Middle Schooler’s Award-Winning Financial Plan Wows Wall Street, Sweeps SIFMA Foundation’s National InvestWrite® Competition Connor Markwell’s long-term investment plan catapults him to first in the nation Raleigh, NC, August 14, 2020 – Connor Markwell just made history. The diligent eighth-grader defied the challenges of distance […]
The top eight teams from high schools across North Carolina competed in the final round of the NCCEE’s Personal Finance Challenge State Championship. 2020 proved to be a challenging year but educators and students across the board remained committed to finishing what they started with gusto! Although the landscape changed from the previous format of […]
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