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Our Vision Students leaving school prepared for their economic roles as workers, consumers, citizens, and lifelong decision makers in a globally interdependent world. Our Mission To help teachers teach those students in the public and independent schools of Georgia. Where Georgia economics teachers come first Thank you for visiting the Georgia Council on Economic Education's Web site. We're working hard to be the resource of choice for K-12 social studies and economics teachers across the Peach State. Here you can review programs, register for workshops, order teaching materials and talk to other teachers through the message board. Spring Stock Market Game Winners Oliver Elementary School in Clayton County has done it again! With two out of the three statewide winners in the Georgia Stock Market Game, and seven out of the top ten in Georgia, the Oliver investors are on a roll. Oliver Elementary also won the fall 2007 competition. To read more about the statewide Stock Market Game winners click here. 2008 Economics Challenge The Quiz Bowl is the final event of the 2008 Economics Challenge. Hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta, 18 teams took three tests to narrow the field down to four teams. You can see Starr's Mill High School from Fayette County compete against Gwinnett County's Parkview High School, and Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School from Augusta going up against another Parkview team by clicking here. Superintendent Cox on Economics in the Curriculum Just prior to her departure for the 2008 National Summit on Economics and Financial Literacy in Washington DC where she served as a panelist, State School Superintendent Kathy Cox spoke with WXIA Education Reporter Donna Lowry. Click here to see the story. GCEE's Work with Teachers in the News WXIA education reporter Donna Lowry profiled the Georgia Council's work with Parkview High School in Gwinnett County. Economics teachers Mark Leviton, Gary Petmecky, and Tim Watkins participated. Here's the story. Georgia Stock Market Game winners Oliver Elementary School in Clayton County won first, second, and third place in the fall 2007 session of the Stock Market Game. No elementary school has ever swept the top three statewide rankings. Oliver students also placed seven teams in the top ten statewide rankings, another first. Click here to see Oliver Elementary School's Stock Market Game winners in the news.
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