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Funding for Economics Projects in Arkansas!
1. What’s available? The Walton Family Foundation is offering 50% match funding to Arkansas economics projects requesting $600 or less in materials.
2. Who qualifies? Arkansas public or charter school teachers!
3. How do I participate? There are two easy steps to qualify for this funding:
- First, log in to your teacher account on DonorsChoose.org (if you don’t have one, any public school teacher can sign up at www.donorschoose.org/teacher).
Once you’re logged in,
- submit one or more project requests for economics, financial literacy, or entrepreneurship related materials to support your students (calculators, currency and math games, and books on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are a few examples). Each project should include up to $600 in materials.
Make sure to submit your request as soon as possible. For best chance of funding, projects should be submitted before May 1st.
Then what happens?
Within a week of project approval, if your project meets the above criteria, you will see a Walton Family Foundation logo on your project page. This means it has qualified for this match offer and now has a great chance of being fully funded by the other donors that visit our site. (Visit our Help Center to learn how Double Your Impact offers work.)
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Direct link to education resources http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/
click on Little Rock Branch to go directly to the education resources
Economics and Children's Literature: A "Cure" for the Common Core
Join us for an evening of lesson plans, resources and ideas, all aimed at providing you a "cure" for integrating the Common Core State Standards. Using free children's literature lessons and activities, this workshop will address Common Core literacy standards in practical, fun and interactive ways. The workshop will be conducted by economic education specialists from the Little Rock and Memphis branches of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and by staff from Economics Arkansas. Location: Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Stephens Building | 111 Center St., Suite 1000 | Little Rock, Ark. 72201 Date: Sept. 24, 2012 Time: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. This workshop is free to Arkansas educators. Professional development credits are available. A light meal will be served. To register, go to www.stlouisfed.org/event/458A For additional information, contact: Kris Bertelsen at the Little Rock Branch at kris.a.bertelsen@stls.frb.org Jeannette Bennett at the Memphis Branch at jeannette.n.bennett@stls.frb.org
For more information about the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' economic education and personal finance courses, please visit www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/.
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Below find some fast facts that might assist you as you plan for this fall:
GAME DATES:
*The fall promotional game runs September 4-21.
*The fall game dates are September 24-November 30.
NEW RULES:
*The commission fee has been lowered to 1%.
* The interest earned on cash balances in team portfolios has been lowered to 0.075%
TRAININGS:
September 18- Stock Market Game Extravaganza, Little Rock
September 19- Advanced Stock Market Game Extravaganza, Little Rock
WEBINARS:
Several have been scheduled with more to come.
**Check out the listings for training dates and webinars at http://www.economicsarkansas.org/calendar/index.asp
Marsha Masters, Program Coordinator
Economics Arkansas
P.O. Box 3447
Little Rock, AR 72203
T: 501.682.4350
F: 501.374.5692
marsha@economicsarkansas.org
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Check out this free online personal finance game for middle school and high school students!
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More than 722 lessons to choose from - and they're all FREE!
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