Economic Development: Understanding World Poverty

To participate in International Education Week the Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education conducted a dinner seminar, Economic Development: Understanding World Poverty. This program was hosted by the Arkansas World Trade Center on Nov. 15 from 4:30 to 8:00.

Economic Summit: A Conference for Secondary Teachers

On November 12th the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Little Rock Branch, the Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education, EconomicsArkansas, and the Arkansas Securities Department partnered to host the first annual Economic Summit at the Walton College Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development in Fayetteville.

Economics Symposium: Money Matters

On November 28, 2007 the Reynolds Center auditorium was abuzz with the voices and excitement of more than 200 gifted middle schools students from Fayetteville School District. For a semester the students had studies economics and finance.

Flying High with On-Line Economics Learning

EconoTech II

• For teachers K to Post-Secondary
• Learn to write economics lessons on-line
• Publication opportunities
• Earn $500 per lesson published
• Technology professional development credits

Immigration to Arkansas: Costs and Benefits

Back by popular demand - The Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education worked with the Fort Smith Public School District to offer a fifth evening seminar on Immigration to Arkansas: Costs and Benefits.

MarketPlace for Young Entrepreneurs

The 5th Annual MarketPlace for Young Entrepreneurs opened as fourth through sixth grade students selected their business locations and paid rent accordingly.

Virtual Economics

The Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education, the Arkansas Council on Economic Education and the Springdale School District conducted a Saturday workshop on the new Virtual Economics CD. Forty-one area educators learned to search for economics content and for materials for teaching economics.