| Organization | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CEE |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, USA |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Promotion of economic literacy |
| People | |
| President/CEO | Nan Morrison |
| Chairman | Craig S. Donohue |
| Secretary | S. Buford Scott |
| Treasurer | Kenneth L. Thome |
The Council for Economic Education[1] (the new name, since 2009 January, of the National Council on Economic Education) is a national non-profit organization "committed to empowerment and opportunity through economic and financial literacy."[2]
The mission of the Council for Economic Education is two-fold: To advocate for better and greater school-based economic and personal finance education at the kindergarten through 12th grade levels (K-12); and to educate young people in the United States and around the world, primarily through well-prepared teachers, so they may become empowered with economic and financial literacy.[3]
Headquartered in New York City, the Council provides resources to teachers and students in K-12 working in economics. These publications - print and electronic - are available nationwide.
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The Council for Economic Education is working on an "ambitious campaign effort to significantly increase economic literacy -- much like the national campaign already well underway for reading literacy."
From their website:
The need for such a concerted effort is urgent; the issue is critical. Young people entering the workforce cannot function effectively without knowledge of how the world works. The spiraling rate of personal bankruptcies and credit card debt; the lack of understanding of the importance of saving and investing; the inability to discern the consequences of powerful international economic changes, or even to know the meaning of "profit," are all evidence that we as a nation can no longer afford to make economics an option in our schools. It is especially necessary to give our young people -- who are our future -- a grasp of the basic principles of the American economic system. [4]
The following is a partial list of donors to the Campaign for Economic Literacy. Each has donated at least 100,000 US Dollars to the Campaign.
| 3M Foundation | Allstate Insurance Company | American Express Foundation |
| Ameritech | AT&T | Bank of America Charitable Foundation |
| Business Roundtable | Carson Group | Thomas J. Holce Investments |
| HSBC - North America | International Paper | Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
| The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation | The McGraw-Hill Companies | Merrill Lynch |
| The Moody's Foundation | Mortgage Bankers Association | NASDAQ Educational Foundation |
| State Farm Insurance Companies | The John Templeton Foundation | United States Department of Education |
| UPS Foundation, Inc. | The Vanguard Group | Verizon Foundation |
| Wells Fargo | Worth Media |
Other past contributors: