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That’s why we promote economic and personal finance education for all Oklahomans.  

We believe that learning economics, entrepreneurship, decision-making, personal finance and free enterprise is critical to every child’s education.


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A Word on the Economy:  Why Is the Country Facing
a Financial Crisis?

Need a little help understanding and explaining current events in financial markets to your students? Check out this easy-to-understand presentation on the current economic situation developed by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and posted on their education resources Web page.

http://stlouisfed.org/education/

An independent blog about what happened to the global economy and what we can do about it.

Baseline Scenario Blog


FREE Lesson on Voting, Civics and the Economics Available on NCEE Web site

Download the free lesson “Can Election Futures Markets be More Accurate Than Polls?” from the National Council on Economic Education. This lesson is an activity-based lesson that introduces your high school students to a) an economic system (in this case, an election futures market), and b) reinforces the importance of
civic engagement.

Click here to download a free lesson on voting, civics and economics.


  State Department of Education Posts Passport to Personal Financial Literacy Lessons!

The new PASSPORT FINANCIAL LITERACY lessons are posted on the State Department Web site!  Go to:

 

Introductory materials: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/Welcome.pdf

 

Student Materials:

http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/Student.html.

 

Teacher Guides and Slide Presentations: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/Teacher.html

 

Glossary:
http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/Glossary.pdf

 

Student Cumulative Record: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/CumRecord.pdf.

 


International Week
November 16 - 20, 2008

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The U.S. Department of
State and the U.S. Department of Education has launched a Web site that includes promotional materials, an interactive quiz, and opportunities to post and view planned events around the world. To visit the site, t
o http://iew.state.gov.


New Treasury Department Campaign Launched

The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a new multi-media campaign today aimed at combating financial illiteracy among young adults. The ad campaign, featuring an interactive online game and radio and television spots, warns its audience, "Don't let your credit put you in a bad place."

The campaign features a new website, www.controlyourcredit.gov, where the audience can play an online game, The Bad Credit Hotel. The website also provides free financial information and tools.



"It Just Adds Up," the award-winning weekly series developed by the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and published in partnership with JPMorgan Chase and The Oklahoman for a ten-week period during the Fall and Spring, has won the Excellence in Financial Literacy Award for Books/Curriculum for Children in the General category from the Institute for Financial Literacy.  Additionally, the series received second place honors in the National Newspaper Association's Best of Newspaper in Education "Best Ideas" for Daily and Non-Daily Division.  Click here.

 


Watch information about the new Passport to Financial Literacy Legislation and Building Financial Futures CD on the OTAC Web site

Watch a Web cast of Dr. Sasser discussing the new Passport to Financial Literacy legislation and the Building Financial Futures: A Personal Finance Training for Teachers of Teen and Adult Women CD on the OTAC Web site:  http://csdcotac.org/WebcastMain.htmm 


Did You Know?

A recent study shows that moving one percent of your food dollar to local farms and farmers’ markets would increase farmers’ income by 5 percent.

The number one cause of bank overdraft is due to the use of debit cards. Even if
an account has insufficient funds most banks will not deny a debit card purchase or use of ATM, but will charge an overdraft fee.

Many families who qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit can get that money in each paycheck during the year instead of waiting for a tax refund. Talk to your employer to see if you qualify and submit a W-5 form.

 Federal law limits your liability for unauthorized credit charges to $50 per card with proper notification to your card issuer. Credit card loss protection insurance is an unnecessary fee.

NOW THAT TAX SEASON IS OVER, you might be pleased to learn that on average, each household in the U.S. paid about $4,300 in federal taxes just to cover the interest payments on our $9.4 trillion public debt, according to Jim Jubak at MSN Money. Jubak also pointed out that we rang up a $700 billion federal trade deficit in 2007, we have $950 billion in credit card debt as of March 2008, and we have $1.6 trillion in auto loans and other non-revolving debt.

Two thirds of college graduates owe significant money after graduation. According to the Project on Student Debt, debt levels for graduating seniors with student loans from 1997 to 2007 more than doubled from $9,250 to $19,200 – a 108 percent increase.

For more "Did You Know?" facts, click on this link.


National Financial Literacy Challenge


A new initiative of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy will use a voluntary test to determine and reward high levels of financial literacy among America's high school students. The Challenge will be offered online, and will involve 35 questions on basic personal finance. It is estimated that the Challenge will take the average student 40-45 minutes to complete. In most instances, a
computer lab will be required.

Beginning in late April 2008, the new Challenge will be offered for approximately three weeks. Teachers may choose any day within the challenge window to ask their students to participate.  Students scoring in the top 25th percentile of national scores will be eligible for recognition from the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.

High school teachers may sign up for the official distribution list by emailing: flc@do.treas.gov.
Include "Interest in National Financial Literacy Challenge" in the subject line. Additional details, including a user guide for teachers, will be distributed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, plan on saving a class! For more information, contact by email at: ed.bodensiek@do.treas.gov
at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Fall Challenge dates: November 3 - 26, 2008

Web site: http://flc.treas.gov/teacher.aspx





Download lessons for your students to complete during "Celebrate Freedom Week." November 11 - 15.

Tales of Oklahoma - an economic perspective on Oklahoma History
will be rolled out on our website and featured in The Oklahoman on Statehood Day. This project is funded by Sonic. Download lessons here.


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Sue Lynn Sasser, PhD

Executive Director
405.974.5627
ssasser@uco.org

Laurie Burt
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405.974.5346
econed@uco.edu

David Russell
Program Manager
405.974.5343
drussell15@uco.edu

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