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Welcome to the Lakeland College Center for Economic Education Web Site!
 
Mission Statement
 

The goal of the Center is to improve the quality and quantity of economic and financial education in the K-12 school curriculum.
 
Center Staff

Dr. Scott Niederjohn
Director, Center for Economic Education

Ms. Mary Jo Jetzer
Program Director, Center for Economic Education

Affiliations
 
 
The Center is affiliated with the EconomicsWisconsin and the  Council on Economic Education.
 
Upcoming Events
 
 
We are holding a major conference on teaching economic and financial literacy at Lambeau Field on October 14th, 2011!  This event will be held in conjunction with the first ever "Wisconsin Summit on Financial Literacy".  
 
Click here to view our flyer for this event.
 
You may register at:  www.lakeland.edu/finance
 
Please see the EconomicsWisconsin web page for other events going on in Wisconsin.   
Please send Dr. Niederjohn an email if you would like to join our mailing list:  niederjohnms@lakeland.edu
 
Programs and Services
 

Our center is involved in the following activities:
  • Non-credit programs for K-12 teachers on economics and financial education
  • Online for-credit courses for K-12 teachers in economics
  • We maintain a library of the latest National Council on Economic Education curriculum materials at Lakeland College for use by area teachers. 
  • Some of these materials are available online at:  http://www.ncee.net/programs/
  • Stock Market Simulation training.  More information is available here
  • Curriculum development and assessment
  • Research into economic and financial literacy

Contact Us

 
Lakeland College Center for Economic Education
W8327 West Drive - Laun 221
Plymouth, WI 53073
(920) 565-1239