Our mission is to strengthen economic education at the secondary level so that all students are able to apply economic principles in their personal, professional, and civic lives.
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We offer nonpartisan programs focusing on economics, personal finance, and the ways those disciplines overlap with other subjects, including mathematics, history, and civics.
Programs are funded by the Thomas R. Brown Foundation.
Upcoming PD Events & Webinars
Six “Secret” Econ Resources (Fall 2026)
This semester's lineup includes Platypus Economics, Decode Econ, a graph generator, and more.
Economics Activities That Make Macroeconomics Stick
Make macroeconomics memorable with three hands-on activities from the Econiful curriculum.
Crossroads: Where Economics, History, and Music Meet
Help your high school students make powerful connections between economics, U.S. history, and American music.
Implementing Performance-Based Assessments in Economics
Discover how to maximize the benefits and reduce the costs of using authentic assessments in your economics course.
Tackling Common Misconceptions in High School Economics
Discover common misconceptions in high school economics and access free resources to empower economic thinking.
Econoween: The Economics of Halloween
Join us for a spooktacular workshop that will unmask the economic principles behind this haunted holiday.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Graphs: Using Images to Teach Economics
Discover how image analysis can help students uncover economic concepts, ask better questions, and connect to the world.
Advertisement Showdown: Marketing and Economics for Entrepreneurs
Discover a new collection of entrepreneurship lessons from the Foundation for Teaching Economics.
Turkey-Nomics
What is the economic impact of Thanksgiving? PD exploring ready-to-use classroom activities.
Playing the Credit Game To Win
Participants will explore two active lesson plans that use real-world scenarios and a board game designed around credit.
The Gift of Economics
You can connect key economic concepts to winter holidays and leave with several classroom-ready activities.
6 Econ Books in 60 Minutes
We have six excellent books for your Winter reading list.
On Demand
Additional Resources
Supplemental Resources
EconEd Month: 2026 Contest
Celebrating Econ Ed Month by giving away classroom resources, prizes, gift cards, and a grand prize trip to a conference
Supplemental Resources
Teaching Economics Made Easy – Free Lesson Plans
Award-winning, on-level high school economics curriculum with everything you need to succeed.